Just days after his 90th birthday, Max Eisen has been named the winner of CBC’s annual Canada Reads competition for his holocaust memoir By Chance Alone.

In conversation: Alicia Elliott shares personal insights into her new essay collection
Alicia Elliott discusses her first book A Mind Spread Out On The Ground with Vancouver author Chelsea Rooney.
Daily Deals: Charles Demers to Douglas & McIntyre in three-book deal
Indigenous studies texts get an innovative upgrade with UBC Press’s RavenSpace
Elder Elsie Paul focuses on sharing her life experience with future generations on UBC Press’s media-rich platform RavenSpace.
49th Teachers aims to put more Canadian-authored books into hands of Ontario students
Ontario educators and teachers looking to increase the number of Canadian titles in their classrooms have a new resource to turn to.
Personnel changes: Dundurn Press announces hires, promotions
Daily Deals: Vivek Shraya signs two-book deal with Penguin Canada
Esi Edugyan to executive produce Washington Black as limited series for Fox
Esi Edugyan will executive produce a limited TV series based on her Giller Prize-winning novel Washington Black (Patrick Crean Editions) for 20th Century Fox’s Twentieth Television.
Inside the war between Canadian libraries and multinational publishers
An online campaign reveals the tensions between Canadian libraries and multinational publishers over digital pricing and audiobook availability.
Monique Gray Smith, Richard Van Camp, Kate Harris among BC Book Prize nominees
The West Coast Book Prize Society has announced the finalists in seven categories for the annual BC Book Prizes.