by Attila Berki

Address change: Scholastic Canada

Scholastic Canada is relocating its Toronto office to the following address, effective September 3, 2024: 2 Bloor Street West, 4th Floor Toronto, Ontario M4W 3E2 This workspace is the new home for all departments formerly ... Read More »

August 27, 2024

Agency and distribution changes: Waxwing Books and Terminus Media

By Attila Berki

Effective immediately, Baker & Taylor Publisher Services is providing sales and distribution in Canada and the U.S. for Waxwing ... Read More »

August 12, 2024

Agency and distribution change: Amber Books

By Attila Berki

Baker & Taylor Publisher Services will provide sales and distribution in Canada and the U.S. for Amber Books, ... Read More »

August 12, 2024

Anne Michaels and Claire Messud longlisted for 2024 Booker Prize

By Attila Berki

Canadian novelists Anne Michaels and Claire Messud are among the 13 authors named to the longlist for the 2024 Booker Prize. The longlist for the £50,000 prize (worth about $88,000 Canadian) was announced on July ... Read More »

July 31, 2024

Curtis Stock shortlisted for Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award

By Attila Berki

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

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Address change: Scholastic Canada

Agency and distribution changes: Waxwing Books and Terminus Media

Agency and distribution change: Amber Books

Anne Michaels and Claire Messud longlisted for 2024 Booker Prize

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

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