Manucha was awarded the prize at a gala in Toronto on May 18.
Rights Deals: Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, Naomi Klein + 10 more
Personnel change: Nimbus Publishing
Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

IVAs anthology celebrates Indigenous writers, growth of community
Six years after the Indigenous Voices Awards (IVAs) were first launched, the conversation about Indigenous literature in Canada has grown exponentially.

Dan K. Woo on editing an anthology of new Chinese Canadian writing
The Spirits Have Nothing to Do with Us brings together nine stories from both emerging and published writers including Anna Ling Kaye, Lydia Kwa, Eddy Boudel Tan, Isabella Wang, and Bingji Ye, whose story is translated by Woo himself.
Emily Riddle wins inaugural $10K Griffin Canadian First Book Prize
Riddle wins the award for her debut collection The Big Melt (Nightwood Editions).
Rights Deals: Moira Dann, Rick Mercer + 10 more
Chaiwala! selected for TD grade one book giveaway
This fall, every grade one child in Canada will receive a copy of the book.
Shelagh Rogers retiring from CBC’s The Next Chapter
Rogers’s last episode as host of the weekly books radio show will air on June 24.