Turnstone Press has acquired world rights to Don Miasek’s Pale Grey Echo. The novel is described as the follow-up to Aurora Award Finalist novel Pale Grey Dot, and follows Ezza, Cherny, and Jenna, as the ... Read More »
April 27, 2026
Editions Elysane has acquired world French rights, excluding North America, to Glenn Dixon’s The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances. The deal was arranged by Megan Husain at Anna Jarota Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler ... Read More »
April 23, 2026
Nine writers have been named finalists for the 2026 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. The award, established in 1994 and administered by the Writers' Trust of Canada, grants $10,000 annually to a writer ... Read More »
April 22, 2026
Kingston WritersFest has appointed novelist and journalist Bruce Geddes as its new festival director. Geddes assumes the role immediately, the festival said in announcing his appointment on April 22. He takes over from Krista Foss, ... Read More »
April 22, 2026
Five books have been shortlisted for the 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize. The winner of the $130,000 prize will be named on June 3 at the Griffin Poetry Prize Readings in Toronto. The runners-up will each ... Read More »
April 22, 2026
The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) has released its shortlists for the annual Aurora Awards. The awards honour sci-fi, fantasy and horror writing in 10 categories, and work is nominated by members of ... Read More »
April 22, 2026
Poet Tom Wayman has been named the winner of the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize. The annual $10,000 prize, administered by the Al Purdy A-Frame Association, was established in 2024 by Purdy's widow, ... Read More »
April 21, 2026
Five authors have been shortlisted for the 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. Montreal-based graphic novelist Lee Lai is the lone Canadian author on this year's shortlist. Lai was nominated for Cannon (Drawn & Quarterly), ... Read More »
April 21, 2026
Nova Scotia-based graphic novel publisher Conundrum Press has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help finance the printing costs of a forthcoming anthology in the wake of budget cuts to the province's publishing industry. 30 x ... Read More »
April 20, 2026
Literary agent Dean Cooke has died. He was 71. Cooke, who was born in Rochester, New York, according to a death notice, moved to Canada to study at Carleton University when he was 17, and ... Read More »
April 20, 2026
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