The eighth annual $40,000 (U.S.) Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant is now open to submissions from writers hoping to be selected as one of up to 10 winners of this year's grant. The grant was launched ... Read More »
Goose Lane Editions fiction editor Bethany Gibson has acquired world rights to Elaine McCluskey’s The Gift Child. The novel is described as a poignant, gritty, humorous work that tells the story of Harriett Swim, who ... Read More »
At Transatlantic Agency, literary agent assistants Noelle Falcis Math and Alexandra D'Amico have been promoted to the role of associate agent. As associate literary agents they have begun to build their own client lists while ... Read More »
Douglas & McIntyre’s Anna Comfort O’Keeffe has acquired North American English rights to Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio’s Reuniting with Strangers: A Novel Told in Stories. The debut collection is described as being told through linked perspectives from ... Read More »
The Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia is launching a new residency program for writers on the shores of the Minas Basin. The Jampolis Cottage Residency Program in Avonport, Nova Scotia, will be offered as four-week ... Read More »
Greystone Books has named a head of its operations in the U.K. Greystone CEO and founding publisher Rob Sanders announced the appointment of Andrew Furlow as head of Greystone Books UK. The appointment is effective ... Read More »
The Association of Canadian Publishers has named a new executive director. Jack Illingworth, who currently works as literature officer at the Ontario Arts Council, will join the ACP on March 1. Illingworth's move marks a ... Read More »
The Writers' Trust has announced the three writers who will spend two months each in Dawson City, Yukon, at Pierre Berton's childhood home for the 2023 Berton House Writers' Residency Program. Residents receive a stipend ... Read More »