by Cassandra Drudi

Toronto bookseller wins 2022 Freedom to Read Award

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

Rights Deals: Ronnie Riley + Rebecca Campbell

By Cassandra Drudi

Scholastic Canada’s Erin Haggett has acquired world rights to Ronnie Riley’s Jude Saves the World. The middle grade novel is described as the story of a queer, nonbinary 12-year-old who navigates the complexities of identity ... Read More »

February 14, 2022

Rights Deals: Tomas Hachard, K.J. Aiello + five more

By Cassandra Drudi

Flying Books’s Martha Sharpe has acquired world rights, including audiobook and ebook rights in all languages, to Tomas Hachard’s City in Flames. The debut novel is described as a dystopian love story set in a ... Read More »

February 10, 2022

Submissions open for inaugural $150,000 Carol Shields prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Two years after the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction was announced, submissions have opened for the inaugural award, which will honour a Canadian or American female author. “We are thrilled to be able to offer ... Read More »

February 10, 2022

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