The winners of this year’s awards will be announced on June 20.
Rights deals: Kate Blair, Eric Walters + one more
Saskatchewan Book Awards winners announced
The prizes honour excellence in writing and publishing, and include the City of Regina Book Award and the City of Saskatoon Book Award.
Wayne McCrory and Helen Knott share George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature
Rights deals: Jo-Ann Roberts, Catherine Gildiner + one more
Hamilton teen launches companion website to TV series on middle-grade books
“I hope students and teachers alike can experience the books on a deeper level that bring even greater understanding of the stories.”
Jessica Johns, Waubgeshig Rice among Aurora Awards finalists
Winners will be announced during an online ceremony on August 11.
Hannah Green, Sandra Ridley, Bradley Peters win 2024 LCP Book Awards
Each of the three awards, bestowed annually by the League of Canadian Poets, comes with a $2,000 prize.
Medicine Wheel Publishing, Marisa Alps receive BC publishing awards
Medicine Wheel Publishing and Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts artistic director Marisa Alps will be honoured by Books BC for their contributions to the province’s publishing industry at a reception in Vancouver on May 8.

Tales from the shortlist: Q&As with the Canadian finalists for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
Ahead of the May 13 announcement of this year’s winner, Q&Q caught up with Eleanor Catton, Claudia Dey, and Janika Oza to find what significance the prize has for them and what stories they sought to tell in their shortlisted novels.