by Attila Berki

Curtis Stock shortlisted for Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award

Edmonton sports writer Curtis Stock is one of three writers shortlisted for a U.S. literary award that honours the best books about thoroughbred racing. Stock’s The Turcottes: The Remarkable Story of a Horse Racing Dynasty ... Read More »

July 29, 2024

Back to Basics: Indigo’s move to go private coupled with refocus on books sparks industry optimism

By Attila Berki

When Indigo Books and Music announced earlier this year that it had received an offer to go private, it was the latest in a long string of headlines for the bookstore chain. First, there was ... Read More »

July 17, 2024

Creators and organizations awarded 2024 Marian Hebb Research Grants

By Attila Berki

The Access Copyright Foundation has announced the names of 35 creators and organizations from across Canada who have been awarded Marian Hebb Research Grants for 2024. The Marian Hebb Research Grant, one of three grant ... Read More »

July 17, 2024

Premee Mohamed shortlisted for 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

By Attila Berki

Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation has announced its shortlist for the third annual Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. Edmonton-based Premee Mohamed is one of 10 finalists for her novel The Siege of Burning ... Read More »

July 16, 2024

Endowment for the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s DC Reid Poets’ Grant substantially increased

By Attila Berki

A new $1.5 million endowment, funded over 10 years, will enable the DC Reid Poets’ Grant, established through the Writers’ Trust of Canada in 2023, to provide annual grants to Canadian poets in perpetuity. The ... Read More »

July 16, 2024

Ontario Speaker’s Book Award 2024 shortlist announced

By Attila Berki

The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario has announced the shortlist for the annual Speaker’s Book Award. The shortlisted titles are: The Class: A Memoir of a Place, a Time and Us by Ken ... Read More »

July 15, 2024

Agency and distribution changes: McGill-Queen’s University Press

By Attila Berki

McGill-Queen's University Press (MQUP) distribution, sales, and marketing operations will move to Combined Academic Publishers (CAP), a division of Mare Nostrum Group, in the following territories: U.K., Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, effective September ... Read More »

July 15, 2024

Authors withdraw from 2024 Scotiabank Giller Prize and participation in Giller Foundation programming

By Attila Berki

Canlit Responds, originally formed as the literary community's protest against charges laid against demonstrators who disrupted the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize over it's main sponsor's substantial investment in Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems, has released ... Read More »

July 10, 2024

Alice Munro: A darkened legacy

By Attila Berki

In an exclusive story published on July 7 by the Toronto Star’s Deborah Dundas and Betsy Powell, accompanied by a personal essay by Andrea Robin Skinner, revelations that Skinner was sexually abused by her stepfather, Gerald ... Read More »

July 10, 2024

Deals: Karma Brown, Dalton Higgins + two more

By Attila Berki

Simon & Schuster Canada’s Brittany Lavery and Dutton’s Maya Ziv have acquired Canadian and U.S, rights respectively to internationally bestselling author Karma Brown’s horror debut The Mother. The novel is described as centering on an ... Read More »

July 9, 2024

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Curtis Stock shortlisted for Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award

Back to Basics: Indigo’s move to go private coupled with refocus on books sparks industry optimism

Creators and organizations awarded 2024 Marian Hebb Research Grants

Premee Mohamed shortlisted for 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

Endowment for the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s DC Reid Poets’ Grant substantially increased

Ontario Speaker’s Book Award 2024 shortlist announced

Agency and distribution changes: McGill-Queen’s University Press

Authors withdraw from 2024 Scotiabank Giller Prize and participation in Giller Foundation programming

Alice Munro: A darkened legacy

Deals: Karma Brown, Dalton Higgins + two more

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