The awards will be presented on June 3 in conjunction with the ACP’s annual general meeting.
Montreal writer wins Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Canada and Europe
The overall winner of the prize will be announced on June 26.

UTP seeks broader audience with expansion of trade imprint Aevo
Four years after actively moving into the trade nonfiction space with the launch of its imprint Aevo – and about a year and a half after it announced the union of its books and journals divisions under one vice president of publishing – University of Toronto Press is bringing lessons from its background in academic publishing to bear on how it handles trade nonfiction.
Newfoundland poet Maggie Burton wins 2024 Griffin Canadian First Book Prize
Burton won the $10,000 prize for her poetry collection Chores, published by Breakwater Books.
Indigo shareholders approve Trilogy takeover
In a meeting on May 27, shareholders of Indigo Books and Music voted in favour of a takeover bid by Trilogy Retail Holdings Inc. and Trilogy Investments I.P.
Personnel change: ECW Press
Personnel change: Simon & Schuster Canada
Agency changes: House of Anansi Press and Groundwood Books
Rights deals: Eric Smith and Andrew Bricker
Quebec author Caroline Dawson dead at 44
Dawson’s novel As the Andes Disappeared is shortlisted for the 2024 Amazon First Novel Prize.