by Cassandra Drudi

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

Chalista Andadari is joining the publicity team at Penguin Random House Canada in the role of publicist. Kirti Joyejob joins the marketing team in the role of marketing analyst. Kelly Joseph is stepping into the ... Read More »

February 23, 2022

Writers’ Trust announces 2022 Rising Stars

By Cassandra Drudi

The Writers’ Trust of Canada has announced the cohort for the 2022 Rising Stars program. The program invites five established Canadian writers to select one writer in the early stages of their career to mentor. ... Read More »

February 23, 2022

A woman with long black hair looks smiling to the right; the cover of children's book The Tales of Dwipa

To provide my little one a global imagination, I adapted stories from my childhood

By Cassandra Drudi

I can still recall the lilt in my Ajji’s voice when she recounted the tale of the monkey and the crocodile from the Panchatantra, just like women before her had done for centuries. This ancient ... Read More »

February 23, 2022

Toronto bookseller wins 2022 Freedom to Read Award

By Cassandra Drudi

Toronto bookseller, event coordinator and community builder Anjula Gogia has been named the winner of this year’s Freedom to Read Award. The award is presented each year during Freedom to Read week by The Writers’ ... Read More »

February 22, 2022

2022 Winterset Award longlist announced

By Cassandra Drudi

The Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council has announced the six books longlisted for this year's BMO Winterset Award. The $12,500 award celebrates literary work by a writer from Newfoundland and Labrador. The six longlisted books ... Read More »

February 22, 2022

Simon & Schuster Canada launching Scribner Canada in fall 2022

By Cassandra Drudi

Simon & Schuster Canada is launching a new imprint dedicated to publishing literary fiction and nonfiction from Canada and from around the world. Scribner Canada will publish its inaugural list this fall, and Simon & ... Read More »

February 22, 2022

Rights Deals: Jon Tattrie, Nancy Cooper + eight more

By Cassandra Drudi

McClelland & Stewart’s Joe Lee and Jared Bland have acquired North American English rights to Jon Tattrie’s Sword and Soul: How an American Exile Rewrote Fantasy. The nonfiction book is described as the incredible story ... Read More »

February 17, 2022

Obituary: Jean Lenore Wilson

By Cassandra Drudi

Jean Lenore Wilson was a reader, an editor, a friend, a partner, and beloved to many. Born in Foremost, Alberta, in 1945 to Marian Macdonald and John Laught Wilson, an RCMP constable, Jean attended school ... Read More »

February 16, 2022

A woman sits smiling in a red chair; the cover of the picture book When I Listen to Silence, by Jean E. Pendziwol

Jean E. Pendziwol explores the wonders of daydreaming

By Cassandra Drudi

With 10 previous picture books and an acclaimed adult novel under her belt, Jean E. Pendziwol knows a lot about imagination. She’s also keen to provide space for her young readers’ imaginations to run wild. ... Read More »

February 16, 2022

Carol Shields Prize for Fiction names executive director

By Cassandra Drudi

The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction has a new executive director. The organization's board of directors announced on February 15 that Alexandra Skoczylas will be taking up the role as of March 14. Skoczylas has ... Read More »

February 16, 2022

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