Henry Tsang wins City of Vancouver Book Award, Elee Kraljii Gardiner named Vancouver’s poet laureate

Agony Editor: How to tell a fellow writer it’s time to move on
It can feel easier and safer to keep returning to familiar writing in the name of perfecting it. But at this stage, it is simply procrastination.
CCBC adds new nonfiction prize to 2025 awards program
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre announced the establishment of a new award – the Sharon Fitzhenry Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction.
Winners of the 2024 CCBC Book Awards revealed
The $50,000 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, the largest cash prize in Canadian children’s literature, was awarded to Skating Wild on an Inland Sea by Jean E. Pendziwol and illustrated by Todd Stewart.
Rights deal: Mona Awad
Writers’ Trust expands RBC Bronwen Wallace Award to creative nonfiction
Rights deals: Jesse Winter, Omar El Akkad + six more

Excerpt from Spark: Alice Kuipers on Writing for Kids & Young Adults
UTP acquires assets of Legas Publishing
This is the third acquisition by the academic publisher this year.