Organizers of a Freedom to Read Week event scheduled to take place at a Legion hall in Calgary on Monday night had to find a new venue at the last minute after the booking was ... Read More »
February 23, 2026
Viking Children’s Books’s Maggie Rosenthal has acquired world rights to Alpha Nkuranga and Jordan Scott’s Alpha and Elijah, illustrated by Gracey Zhang. The picture book is described as telling the story of Alpha and her ... Read More »
February 19, 2026
A newly launched web platform offers independent Canadian bookstores in English Canada an opportunity to work together to reach for a greater market share. Booksellers.ca is a one-stop place where book shoppers can order online ... Read More »
February 18, 2026
As of Sept. 1, Penguin Random House Publisher Services will take over sales and distribution of all Drawn & Quarterly titles ... Read More »
February 17, 2026
Coach House Books’s Alana Wilcox has acquired world rights to Lezlie Lowe’s Drinking Problem: Why Water Fountains Matter to Our Cities. The nonfiction book is described as an investigation into our complex relationship with staying ... Read More »
February 17, 2026
Canadian novelists Maria Reva and Éric Chacour are among the 20 writers longlisted for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award. The 20-book longlist for this year's €100,000 prize, worth about $161,000, was announced on Feb. 17. The ... Read More »
February 17, 2026
Canadian journalist Lyse Doucet is one of 16 writers longlisted for the 2026 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction. Doucet, who is the chief international correspondent for the BBC, was nominated for The Finest Hotel in Kabul: ... Read More »
February 12, 2026
Commuters at Toronto's Union Station now have the opportunity to pick up a new book on their way through the transit hub, thanks to a serendipitously timed idea from an independent bookseller. At the start ... Read More »
February 11, 2026
ECW Press’s Pia Singhal has acquired world rights to Emily M. Keeler’s Judy. The novel is described as a sexy debut novel set in the bustle and boom of the restaurant scene in rapidly gentrifying ... Read More »
February 9, 2026
Writer Julian Brave NoiseCat has been named a finalist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction. The annual $10,000 (U.S.) prize, one of 10 administered by the U.S.-based organization that champions the freedom to ... Read More »
February 9, 2026
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