by Cassandra Drudi

Six books longlisted for 2025 BMO Winterset Award

Six books have been longlisted for the 2025 BMO Winterset Award. The annual $12,500 award celebrates excellence in Newfoundland and Labrador writing across all genres. Two finalists each receive $3,000. The books longlisted for this ... Read More »

March 9, 2026

Alcuin Society announces winners of book design awards

By Cassandra Drudi

The Alcuin Society has announced the winners of its annual competition for Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada. A total of 33 books were selected by the judges from 209 titles submitted from ... Read More »

March 9, 2026

Rights deals: Michelle Kaesar, Danny Ramadan + seven more

By Cassandra Drudi

Coach House Books’s Alana Wilcox has acquired world rights to Michelle Kaesar’s Follow the Wolfman. The novel is described as the story of an insomniac mother who moves to a hollowed-out off-season mountain resort town ... Read More »

March 5, 2026

Writers’ Trust launching Conversations in Trust series to mark 50th anniversary

By Cassandra Drudi

As part of its 50th anniversary celebration, the Writers’ Trust of Canada is launching a four-city conversation series featuring authors talking about how we can improve the state of discourse in a polarized world. The ... Read More »

March 5, 2026

B.C. book publishing tax credit to be made permanent

By Cassandra Drudi

The 2026 British Columbia budget makes the province's Book Publishing Tax Credit a permanent program. First introduced in 2003, the tax credit is available to publishers that operate primarily in B.C. and receive a base ... Read More »

March 4, 2026

Personnel change: Appetite

By Cassandra Drudi

Lindsay Paterson has been promoted to associate publisher at Appetite, Penguin Random House Canada’s cookbook and lifestyle imprint, effective immediately. Paterson will work closely with Appetite publisher Robert McCullough to support the Appetite editorial team, manage acquisitions, ... Read More »

March 4, 2026

Nova Scotia’s publishers hope public outcry will make government reverse funding cuts

By Cassandra Drudi

Independent publishers in Nova Scotia are hopeful that widespread support of local arts and culture will lead the provincial government to reconsider the wholesale cuts to arts support included in its 2026 budget. The budget ... Read More »

March 3, 2026

Rights deals: Foreign rights for Heather Smith and Karen van Kampen

By Cassandra Drudi

Nuova Frontiera has acquired Italian rights to Heather Smith’s Tig. The deal was arranged by Vanessa Maus at Berla & Griffini on behalf of Amy Tompkins at Transatlantic Agency. Spoonbook Inc. has acquired Korean rights ... Read More »

March 2, 2026

Writer and professor Ira Wells wins 2026 Freedom to Read Award

By Cassandra Drudi

Writer and professor Ira Wells has been named the recipient of the 2026 Freedom to Read Award. The annual award is presented during Freedom to Read Week each year by the Writers’ Union of Canada, and recognizes work ... Read More »

March 2, 2026

Timothy Brook to chair 2026 Cundill Prize jury

By Cassandra Drudi

Timothy Brook, a writer and historian of China and the Ming Dynasty, has been named chair of the jury for the 2026 Cundill History Prize. Brook is professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia ... Read More »

February 26, 2026

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