by Attila Berki

Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Lily Cheng among Canadians nominated for 2025 Bram Stoker Awards

Four Canadian authors are shortlisted for the Horror Writers Association (HWA) 2025 Bram Stoker Awards. The international awards honour the best English-language writing in dark fantasy and horror writing. Active members of the Horror Writers ... Read More »

February 25, 2026

Personnel change: UBC Press

By Attila Berki

Shalini Nanayakkara will join the acquisitions department of UBC Press as junior editor, effective April 1, 2026. Nanayakkara joined the press in 2022 as a publishing clerk and is currently the sales and inventory coordinator. ... Read More »

February 24, 2026

Excerpt from The Right to Be Wrong by Ray Robertson

By Attila Berki

Fortunately, it’s relatively easy to spot a true believer: they’re right, you’re wrong, and you had better be careful about what you say and do because every fundamentalist fire needs fresh kindling to keep the ... Read More »

February 18, 2026

Krista Foss named new festival director of Kingston WritersFest

By Attila Berki

Kingston WritersFest (KWF) has appointed Krista Foss as the new director of the literary festival. Foss, who assumed the role as of Feb. 16, is the founder and inaugural artistic director of Hamilton, Ontario's literary fest, gritLit: ... Read More »

February 18, 2026

Suzy Krause recipient of 2025 Glengarry Book Award

By Attila Berki

Suzy Krause has been named the winner of the 2025 Glengarry Book Award for her novel I Think We’ve Been Here Before, published by Radiant Press. Administered by the Saskatchewan Foundation for the Arts, the ... Read More »

February 17, 2026

Canadian publishers dominate nominations for Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year

By Attila Berki

Three out of five nominees for the 2026 Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year (BOP) for the North America region are Canadian publishers and an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada. ... Read More »

February 10, 2026

Crealo, a Modern Royalty Management Software designed for publishers

By Attila Berki

A tool ecosystem that is reaching its limits Many Canadian publishers currently use tools such as Excel, in-house software or legacy systems to manage their royalties. As publishing practices continue to evolve, these tools are ... Read More »

February 9, 2026

Ivan Coyote and Cherie Dimaline on the 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction jury

By Attila Berki

Canadian writers Cherie Dimaline and Ivan Coyote are among the five-person jury for this year’s Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. The jury, announced on Feb. 3, will be chaired by American writer Carmen Maria Machado. American writer, ... Read More »

February 3, 2026

Ownership change: Curiosity House Books

By Attila Berki

Kate and Joel Simpson have bought Curiosity House Books, the independent bookseller located in Creemore, Ontario. They take ... Read More »

January 28, 2026

Rights deals: Mary Williams and Peter Swirski

By Attila Berki

Bookmason House’s Teresa Lian has acquired world rights to Mary Williams’s The Ides of August in a nice deal. The novel is described as calling up a day in 1969, on which a series of odd ... Read More »

January 26, 2026

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