He will oversee a yet-to-be-named children’s imprint dedicated to publishing Indigenous writers and illustrators.
Sandra Dumais named IBBY Canada’s 2022 Joanne Fitzgerald Illustrator in Residence
The program, which offers a published Canadian children’s book illustrator a month-long residency at a public library, will be take place Toronto Public Library’s North York Central Library for the month of October.
Publisher Leigh Nash taking House of Anansi Press back to the future
After five months at the helm of one Canada’s most storied independent publishers, Nash has settled in and is beginning to articulate Anansi’s vision for the future.
Obituary: Sarah Thring
Frontier College announces new president and CEO
Mélanie Valcin, a Frontier College employee who has been with the nonprofit for nearly 20 years, will take over as president and CEO in September.
Stephanie Sinclair named publisher of McClelland & Stewart, Jared Bland takes on new post

Seth’s summer: French knighthood and chamber novella on vinyl
Last month, Canadian cartoonist Seth was inducted as a chevalier in the French Republic’s Ordre des arts et des lettres.
Emma Skagen named publisher of Nightwood Editions
Lynn Henry named editor-in-chief at Knopf Canada
Slam Coalkan poetry anthology celebrates work of Indigenous slam poets
A joint event put on by the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) and the Festival of the Peripheries (FLUP) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is commemorated in an anthology published by Kegedonce Press.