by Cassandra Drudi

18 books shortlisted for 2026 LCP Book Awards

The League of Canadian Poets has announced the 18 titles shortlisted for its three annual book awards. Each prize carries a $2,000 prize. The shortlisted titles were selected from longlists announced last week. The books were ... Read More »

May 27, 2026

Rights deals: Laura R. Fisher, Ann Eriksson + one more

By Cassandra Drudi

McClelland & Stewart’s Haley Cullingham has acquired Canadian English rights to Laura R. Fisher’s Girl on the Line: A Story of Sex, Vice, and the Lost Memoir That Helped Shape Modern America in a two-book deal. ... Read More »

May 25, 2026

Jack David wins ACP President’s Award

By Cassandra Drudi

ECW Press founder and publisher Jack David is the recipient of the 2026 Association of Canadian Publishers President's Award. Journalist – and former Q&Q reviews editor – Steven W. Beattie has been presented with a ... Read More »

May 25, 2026

Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Trudi Vaughan has taken on a new role as assistant agent at Transatlantic Literary Agency. Since joining Transatlantic as a literary assistant, she has worked closely with senior agents and partners Carolyn Forde and Marilyn ... Read More »

May 21, 2026

Flavia de Luce author Alan Bradley dies at 87

By Cassandra Drudi

Alan Bradley, the author best known for his bestselling Flavia de Luce mystery series, has died. He was 87. Bradley's publisher, Penguin Random House Canada, shared the news on May 19 that Bradley had died ... Read More »

May 20, 2026

Longlists announced for 2026 LCP Book Awards

By Cassandra Drudi

The League of Canadian Poets has announced the 36 titles longlisted for its three annual book awards. Each award carries a $2,000 prize. Shortlists for the awards will be announced on May 27, with the ... Read More »

May 20, 2026

Joseph Kidney wins 2026 Griffin Canadian First Book Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Joseph Kidney has been named the winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize's Canadian First Book Prize for his debut collection, Devotional Forensics (icehouse poetry/Goose Lane Editions). In their citation, the judges called the book "an ... Read More »

May 20, 2026

Canadians among 2026 Eisner Award nominees

By Cassandra Drudi

More than a dozen Canadian creators are among the comic writers and artists nominated for the 2026 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. The nomination lists for the annual awards in 32 categories were released on May ... Read More »

May 19, 2026

Rights deals: Christopher Dodd, Carmen Gilmore + one more

By Cassandra Drudi

Dundurn Press publisher Meghan Macdonald has acquired world rights to Christopher Dodd’s Unseen Thing: The Mulmur Hills Poltergeist. The nonfiction book is described as a a compelling investigation into a nearly forgotten Ontario poltergeist case ... Read More »

May 19, 2026

Meredith Hambrock, Susan Nielsen, Mark Waddell named finalists for 2026 Leacock Medal

By Cassandra Drudi

Three writers have been named finalists for the 2026 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The annual $25,000 prize celebrates excellence in Canadian literary humour, and counts among its previous winners Will Ferguson, W.O.Mitchell, Stuart ... Read More »

May 19, 2026

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