by Attila Berki

Marcin Sawicki , Tyna Legault Taylor and Michelle Dao win 2025 SWCC Book Awards

Marcin Sawicki , Tyna Legault Taylor and Michelle Dao have been named the winners of the 2025 SWCC Book Awards. The annual awards, administered by the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada, recognize outstanding contributions ... Read More »

October 1, 2026

Excerpt from Truth Before Reconciliation: Confronting Residential School Denialism

By Attila Berki

Orange Shirt Day Hangover: Municipalities, Indigenous Historians, and the Long History of Denialism Indigenous historians’ community-based and public education work of researching and analyzing the past and presenting it in ways that make sense in ... Read More »

September 30, 2026

Adam Shoalts, Sarah Louise Butler among 2026 Banff Mountain Book Competition finalists

By Attila Berki

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival has announced the shortlists for the annual Banff Mountain Book Competition. Nine Canadian authors are shortlisted for the various prizes. Seven awards honour the best of international mountain ... Read More »

September 22, 2026

Distribution and agency changes: Macintyre Purcell Publishing

By Attila Berki

Effective Oct. 1, 2026, Heritage Group Distribution (HGD) will take on Canadian sales and distribution for Macintyre Purcell Publishing. Any orders placed with Nimbus for Macintyre Purcell’s fall 2026 list will need to be cancelled ... Read More »

September 22, 2026

2026 Alberta Book Publishing Awards winners announced

By Attila Berki

The Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA) presented the annual Alberta Book Publishing Awards winners at a gala in Edmonton on Sept. 17. The awards, which encompass trade and academic publishing and include design awards, ... Read More »

September 17, 2026

Ownership Change: Read + Co Books

By Attila Berki

Bridget Clark is now a co-owner of Read + Co Books. Clark has ... Read More »

September 17, 2026

Tracey Lindberg and George Littlechild win Warland Award

By Attila Berki

Tracey Lindberg and George Littlechild have been named winners of the 2025 Warland Award for The Cree Word for Love : Sâkihitowin, published by HarperCollins Canada. The winners of the prize were announced at an ... Read More »

September 17, 2026

Gained in translation: Poetry

By Attila Berki

My Forests By Hélène Dorion, translated by Susanna Lang Book*hug Press, Oct. 1 In October, Toronto-based Book*hug Press is publishing Quebec author Hélène Dorion's poetry collection My Forests, first published in 2021 by Éditions Bruno ... Read More »

September 16, 2026

Taste Canada Awards 2026 shortlists announced

By Attila Berki

Taste Canada has announced the shortlists for the 2026 Taste Canada Awards. The national bilingual awards program for culinary writing bestows prizes in both languages in five categories: culinary narratives, general cookbooks, regional / cultural ... Read More »

September 15, 2026