The finalists for the 2022 Alberta Literary Awards, the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize, and the City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize were announced online on April 4 by the Writers’ Guild ... Read More »
April 5, 2022
Writing in the March issue of Quill & Quire, Wolsak & Wynn publisher Noelle Allen wrote an opinion piece that argues for the need for a bestseller list focused on the books published by the ... Read More »
March 30, 2022
When the 34th Annual Lambda Literary Awards shortlists were announced on March 15, many Canadian authors were among the finalists, including Ivan Coyote, Hiromi Goto, Alix Ohlin, and Basil Sylvester and Kevin Sylvester. The annual ... Read More »
March 18, 2022
After two years as a virtual festival, Word on the Street will return to the street this spring, as announced by the organizers of the Toronto festival on March 17. “We’re excited to reconnect with ... Read More »
March 17, 2022
While the Canadian government has long provided financial supports to Canadian authors and publishing houses, no such funding was ever available to Canadian bookstores – until now. A new program called Support for Booksellers will ... Read More »
March 16, 2022
Flying Books has opened a new store location on College Street in Toronto. It is operating as a pop-up shop in December, with plans to fix up the space, previously a painting workshop, in the ... Read More »
December 16, 2021
House of Anansi Press’s Michelle MacAleese has acquired Chrystia: From Peace River to Parliament Hill, the unauthorized biography of Chrystia Freeland by foreign-policy journalist Catherine Tsalikis. The book is described as a balanced portrait of Freeland, detailing ... Read More »
November 4, 2021
The winners of the Alberta Book Publishing Awards were announced on Sept. 17 in a virtual event. Two new award categories were introduced this year. The debut winner of the regional book of the year, ... Read More »
September 20, 2021
House of Anansi Press has announced changes to the editorial department: Michelle MacAleese and Doug Richmond have been promoted to senior editors; Maria Golikova has been promoted to senior managing editor and is also responsible ... Read More »
April 6, 2021
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