Daily Deal: Nimbus to publish memoir from Great Big Sea’s Séan McCann
No Atwood, but awards circuit veterans still dominate Giller shortlist
The Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist, announced Sept. 30, features a mix of previous nominees and debut novelists.
Daily Deal: Figure 1 acquires book on Canada’s LGBTQ history
Small Victoria publisher makes Orange Shirt Day picture books when no one else would
Medicine Wheel Education founder Teddy Andersen on how The Orange Shirt Story and Phyllis’s Orange Shirt came to be and the impact they’re having on children in this country.
PRHC donates 1,500 copies of Greta Thunberg’s book to First Book Canada
In a show of support for Thunberg, PRHC has donated 1,500 copies of No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference to First Book Canada.
Personnel change: Arsenal Pulp Press
Distribution change: LifeTree Media
The story behind Heather Smith’s tsunami picture-book story
When the kidlit author heard about Itaru Sasaki’s disconnected phone booth and how it helped the people of Otsuchi, Japan, she knew instantly that the story would make a powerful children’s book.
Bestselling writers headline Uxbridge, Ontario’s inaugural Book Drunkard Literary Festival
For its inaugural year, the Book Drunkard Literary Festival has confirmed a lineup of bestselling authors.