Personnel change: Scholastic Canada

Patricia Ocampo has joined the publishing division at Scholastic Canada as senior editor. Most recently Ocampo was senior editor at Kids Can Press, where she acquired and edited a variety of bestselling and award-winning titles. ... Read More »

June 24, 2025

SWCC Book Awards shortlists recognize contributions to science writing

By Attila Berki

Science Writers and Communicators of Canada announced the shortlists for the 2024 SWCC Book Awards last week at the association's 2025 conference in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The prizes recognize outstanding contributions to science writing by ... Read More »

June 19, 2025

Glad Day Bookshop transforming and relocating

By Attila Berki

Glad Day Bookshop is on the move again and changing its bookstore operations to a non-profit status. Toronto's Glad Day, now in its 55th year, is the world's the oldest queer bookstore. In 2016, after ... Read More »

June 18, 2025

Canadian authors shortlisted for 2025 High Plains International Book Awards

By Attila Berki

Nine books by Canadian authors have been shortlisted for the 2025 High Plains International Book Awards. The 13 awards recognize regional authors and literary works that examine and reflect life on the high plains, including ... Read More »

June 18, 2025

Personnel changes: Sutherland House Books, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, and Whitecap Books

By Attila Berki

Sarah Miniaci-Davis, formerly a freelance book publicist, has joined in-house as director of publicity for Sutherland House Books and Fitzhenry & Whiteside. She also assumes the role of publisher at Whitecap Books. Leah Ciani has ... Read More »

June 16, 2025

Read Local BC eBookshelf expands ebook availability to all B.C. libraries

By Attila Berki

The Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia (Books BC), in partnership with the BC Libraries Coop, is launching the Read Local BC eBookshelf via the Libby app throughout the province. The initiative, which officially ... Read More »

June 9, 2025

The 2025 Doug Wright Awards winners announced

By Attila Berki

The Doug Wright Awards for the best in Canadian comics were handed out in Toronto, in conjunction with the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, on June 7. The winners in each category receive a small cash ... Read More »

June 9, 2025

Valérie Bah wins Amazon Canada First Novel Award

By Attila Berki

Montreal-based writer Valérie Bah has won the $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel Award for the novel Subterrane, published by Esplanade Books, an imprint of Véhicule Press. In his review of the novel in Quill & ... Read More »

June 9, 2025

Karen Leeder’s translation of the work of Durs Grünbein wins 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize

By Attila Berki

The Griffin Poetry Prize announced its 2025 international winner as part of the Griffin Poetry Prize Readings event in Toronto on June 4. The winner of the C$130,000 international prize is Karen Leeder for Psyche ... Read More »

June 9, 2025

Gaspereau’s Andrew Steeves and Gary Dunfield honoured at Atlantic Book Awards

By Attila Berki

Winners of the Atlantic Book Awards were announced on June 5, at an event at the Halifax Central Library. Seven awards were presented. Andrew Steeves and Gary Dunfield, the founders and publishers of Gaspereau Press ... Read More »

June 9, 2025

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