The prizes were launched earlier this year by the League of Canadian Poets and the Ontario Arts Council.
Brett Popplewell wins 2024 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
The annual $10,000 prize recognizes Canadian writers for a first or second work of creative nonfiction.
Heidi LM Jacobs wins 2024 Ontario Speaker’s Book Award
Rights deal: Karsten Heuer
Yilin Wang wins 2024 John Glassco Translation Prize
Wang was named the winner of this year’s prize for The Lantern and the Night Moths, her translations of selected works of five Chinese poets.
Personnel changes: Simon & Schuster
Rights deals: Marc Lewis, Louise Bradford + one more
Kathleen DuVal wins 2024 Cundill History Prize
DuVal was named the winner of the $75,000 (U.S.) prize for her book Native Nations: A Millenium in North America.
Frankfurt Book Fair successful for Canadian publishers, agents
A total of 45 Canadian companies and organizations were represented at Livres Canada Books’s Canada stand.
Authors launch boycott of Israeli cultural institutions
The boycott was announced on Oct. 28 with an open letter on LitHub.