Sheila Heti, Annick MacAskill among 2022 GG winners

The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the winners of the 2022 Governor General's Literary Awards. Winners in each category receive $25,000, with publishers of the winning titles receiving $3,000 to promote the book. ... Read More »

November 16, 2022

Rights Deals: Mary Sanders, Babak Lakghomi + four more

By Cassandra Drudi

Dundurn Press has acquired world rights to Olympic gymnast and former Cirque du Soleil artist Mary Sanders's Nine Lives by Thirty-Five. The nonfiction book is described as blending personal narrative and a how-to for women ... Read More »

November 14, 2022

Distribution change: Tagona Press

By Cassandra Drudi

Effective immediately, Tagona Press has entered into a distribution agreement with Dundurn Press. Tagona Press, a Sault Ste Marie–based publisher specializing in high quality nature photography books, will be represented to the trade by Hornblower ... Read More »

November 14, 2022

Rights Deals: Richard Scrimger, Brett Popplewell + seven more

By Cassandra Drudi

Scholastic Canada’s Anne Shone has acquired world rights to Richard Scrimger’s At the Speed of Gus. The middle-grade novel is described as following the comically escalating adventure of charismatic 13-year-old Augustus Constantine, whose mind (and ... Read More »

November 10, 2022

Montreal writer Tawhida Tanya Evanson wins 2022 New Contribution Literary Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Montreal writer Tawhida Tanya Evanson has been named the winner of the Blue Metropolis/Conseil des arts de Montréal New Contribution Literary Prize. The New Contribution Literary Prize, awarded annually, includes a $5,000 award and aims ... Read More »

November 9, 2022

Suzette Mayr wins $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Calgary author Suzette Mayr has been named the winner of the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her sixth novel, The Sleeping Car Porter. Mayr was awarded the prize at a televised gala in Toronto on ... Read More »

November 8, 2022

London Book Fair announces new international Sustainability Initiative Award

By Cassandra Drudi

Submissions are open for the 2023 International Excellence Awards, awarded annually at the London Book Fair in the U.K. This year, submissions are being welcomed for a new prize, the Sustainability Initiative Award. The award ... Read More »

November 7, 2022

American author Jonathan Howland wins 2022 Banff Mountain Book Competition Grand Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Jonathan Howland's debut novel Native Air has been named the grand prize winner of the 2022 Banff Mountain Book Competition. Howland's book, published by Green Writers Press, about a man who is called back to ... Read More »

November 7, 2022

Agony Editor: It’s best to swap honesty for kindness with novelist friend

By Cassandra Drudi

Dear Agony Editor, I’m not a writer, but I’m an avid reader. A good friend of mine has recently published his first novel. I read an excerpt online and already know I’m not going to ... Read More »

November 7, 2022

Rights Deals: M.G. Vassanji, Terence Young + 12 more

By Cassandra Drudi

Doubleday Canada’s Amy Black and Kiara Kent have acquired North American English rights to M.G. Vassanji’s Nowhere, Exactly. The nonfiction book is described as an essay collection that explores themes of belonging and identity in ... Read More »

November 3, 2022

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