FOLD Kids’ debut festival has an impressive range of events catering to all ages
Téa Mutonji joins CanLit veterans on Writers’ Trust Fiction shortlist
The shortlist for the $50,000 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize includes four CanLit veterans and a first-time author.
Daily Deals: Random House Canada acquires Shaena Lambert novel based on Green Party founder Petra Kelly
Cindy Blackstock, Monique Gray Smith win Indigenous Literature Awards
Blacklock and Smith will be presented with the $3,000 Periodical Marketers of Canada Indigenous Literature Awards at a ceremony in November.
Daily Deals: TV rights acquired for Zoe Whittall’s Holding Still for as Long as Possible
Personnel change: McGill-Queen’s University Press
Daily Deals: Fitzhenry & Whiteside pick up Kathy Stinson’s children’s book about giraffe expert Anne Innis Dagg

Remembering Graeme Gibson, novelist, advocate, and conservationist
Graeme Gibson, novelist and partner of Margaret Atwood, died Sept. 18 in London, England.
Kidlit illustrator Kim Smith loves to draw landscapes, cardboard boxes, and Macaulay Culkin
The Calgary artist recently released her debut picture book as both author and illustrator, about two young characters who compete for boxitectural dominance
Stuart Ross wins 2019 Harbourfront Festival Prize
Writer, editor, and small-press advocate Stuart Ross has won the $10,000 Harbourfront Festival Prize.