Rights to Montreal-born novelist Mona Awad’s new book Bunny have been acquired by AMC, with plans to develop the novel as a television series.
Cathal Kelly wins Leacock Medal
Sportswriter Cathal Kelly has won the $15,000 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour for his memoir Boy Wonders.
Lisa Moore wins $25,000 fiction award at Atlantic Book Awards
The winners of the Atlantic Book Awards were announced on June 6 at a ceremony held in St. John’s.
Alberta Book Publishing Awards shortlist announced

Meet three new faces of romance fiction who are blazing trails with their inclusive love stories
Romance fiction writers Farah Heron, Sonya Lalli, and Uzma Jalaluddin on their inclusive love stories.
Tess Liem, Stevie Howell win 2019 Book Awards for poetry
Poets Tess Liem, Klara du Plessis, Stevie Howell, and Andrea Thompson have won 2019 Book Awards, The League of Canadian Poets announced at a ceremony in St. John’s on June 8.
Eve Joseph and Kim Hyesoon win 2019 Griffin Poetry Prizes
Tanya Tagaq, Smokii Sumac among winners at Indigenous Voices Awards
Throat singer Tanya Tagaq has won the award for published prose in English for her first book, Split Tooth, at the Indigenous Voices Awards.