Several promotions have been announced at HarperCollins Canada. Molly Ketcheson is promoted to associate editor. Justin Beaubien is promoted to ... Read More »
June 30, 2026
Laura Cameron, literary agent and film and TV specialist at the Transatlantic Agency, has been promoted to senior literary agent. Cameron, who represents such authors as Emma Knight, Kay Chronister, Gloria Huang, and Adriana Chartrand, ... Read More »
June 29, 2026
The winners of the $20,000 2026 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize were announced on June 24. The winner in the nonfiction category was Lyse Doucet's A People's History of Afghanistan (Allen Lane/Penguin Random House Canada), which ... Read More »
June 25, 2026
For anyone who pays even the slightest attention to pop culture, television, or bestseller lists, it will come as no surprise that the bestselling Canadian author for the first half of 2026 at independent bookstores ... Read More »
June 24, 2026
“Canada Strong” is a terrific nationalist motto right at the time we need it. We don’t want to be the 51st state. We aren’t simply Americans who spell “colour” and other words with u. We ... Read More »
June 24, 2026
The Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA) has announced the 2026 shortlists for the annual Alberta Book Publishing Awards. The awards, which encompass trade and academic publishing, and include design awards, celebrate the best in ... Read More »
June 24, 2026
George M. Abbott has won the 2026 British Columbia Historical Federation book award for Unceded: Understanding British Columbia’s Colonial Past and Why It Matters Now (UBC Press). The British Columbia Historical Federation announced the winners of ... Read More »
June 18, 2026
Seven Canadian academics were awarded the Canada Book Prize for five books during the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Big Thinking Summit 2026: Inflection Point in Edmonton on June 10. The prizes recognize ... Read More »
June 16, 2026
Canadian journalist Lyse Doucet has won the 2026 U.K. Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction for her social history The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan. The winners of the prizes were announced at ... Read More »
June 15, 2026
Leila Marshy has won the $10,000 Danuta Gleed Literary Award. The annual award, now in its 29th year, is administered by the Writers’ Union of Canada and recognizes the best first collection of short fiction published ... Read More »
June 11, 2026
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