by Attila Berki

Agency changes: House of Anansi Press and Groundwood Books

As of May 1, 2024, House of Anansi Press and Groundwood Books are represented by Read + Co in British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, and by Rorie Bruce in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. ... Read More »

May 27, 2024

Fredericton’s Goose Lane Editions marks 70 years of publishing

By Attila Berki

Goose Lane Editions – the oldest independent press in Canada – celebrates its 70th birthday this year. The press, founded in 1954 by poet, critic, translator, and professor Fred Cogswell and his colleagues at the ... Read More »

May 22, 2024

Goose Lane Editions at 70: A visual timeline, 1954–2024

By Attila Berki

Fredericton’s Goose Lane Editions ... Read More »

May 22, 2024

Agency and distribution change: A24

By Attila Berki

Effective immediately, Hornblower Group is the Canadian sales representative for A24. The film and TV–driven books are now available to the trade via U.K publisher Mack, which the Hornblower Group already represents. A24 titles will ... Read More »

May 22, 2024

Alice Munro: Giant of the short story

By Attila Berki

The first lines in “Royal Beatings,” from Alice Munro’s 1978 collection Who Do You Think You Are?, read as follows: “Royal Beating. That was Flo’s promise. You are going to get one Royal Beating.” The ... Read More »

May 15, 2024

Excerpt from Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir

By Attila Berki

I am going to take a moment here to ask you: What do you expect me to write about my six weeks in a Syrian dungeon? What more can I offer that might make this ... Read More »

May 15, 2024

Alice Munro dead at 92

By Attila Berki

Iconic Canadian writer Alice Munro has died. Munro, who died on May 13 in Port Hope, Ontario, was 92. She was hailed as a master of the contemporary short story and was one of Canada's ... Read More »

May 14, 2024

Winners of 2024 Doug Wright Awards for Canadian cartooning announced

By Attila Berki

The winners of the 20th annual Doug Wright Awards were announced in Toronto on Saturday, May 11, in conjunction with the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. The annual awards for Canadian cartooning honour excellence in comics ... Read More »

May 13, 2024

British Columbia Historical Federation awards announced

By Attila Berki

Jennifer Bonnell has won the 2024 Lieutenant-Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing for Stewards of Splendour: A History of Wildlife and People in British Columbia published by the Royal British Columbia Museum. The prize, administered by ... Read More »

May 8, 2024

Kim Fu and Brandon Reid shortlisted for William Saroyan International Prize for Writing

By Attila Berki

Two Canadian authors have been named to the fiction shortlist for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Brandon Reid is shortlisted for his 2023 debut novel Beautiful Beautiful (Nightwood Editions) and Kim Fu for ... Read More »

May 8, 2024

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