Lee Lai among authors shortlisted for Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

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

Conundrum Press launches crowdfunding campaign to finance anniversary anthology

By Cassandra Drudi

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 dies at 71

By Cassandra Drudi

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

Longlist announced for 2026 Leacock Medal for Humour

By Cassandra Drudi

The longlist has been announced for the 2026 Stephen Leacock Memorial for Humour. The annual $25,000 prize celebrates excellence in Canadian literary humour, and counts among its previous winners Will Ferguson, W.O.Mitchell, Stuart McLean, Mordecai ... Read More »

April 20, 2026

Rights deal: Nan Forler

By Cassandra Drudi

Random House Studio’s Lee Wade has acquired world rights to Nan Forler’s The Many Words of Nelle and Tru, illustrated by Martina Stuhlberger. The children's book is described as a picture book biography about the ... Read More »

April 16, 2026

Distribution change: WaveMaker Press

By Cassandra Drudi

Beginning Aug. 1, 2026, Orca Book Distribution will take ... Read More »

April 16, 2026

Angela Antle wins 2025 BMO Winterset Award

By Cassandra Drudi

Angela Antle has been named the winner of the 2025 BMO Winterset Award for her novel The Saltbox Olive. The annual $12,500 prize celebrates excellence in Newfoundland and Labrador writing across all genres. Antle was ... Read More »

April 16, 2026

Loghan Paylor wins 2026 CBC Canada Reads

By Cassandra Drudi

Loghan Paylor's debut novel The Cure for Drowning has been crowned the winner of CBC Canada Reads. The novel, published in 2024 by Random House Canada, was named the winning title on April 16, the fourth ... Read More »

April 16, 2026

Group ends Giller Prize boycott

By Cassandra Drudi

CanLit Responds has ended its boycott of the Giller Prize. The group of authors and cultural workers, which has been boycotting the prize and campaigning for the Giller to end its partnerships with sponsors Scotiabank, ... Read More »

April 14, 2026

Shortlist announced for 2026 Donner Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Five books have been named to the shortlist of the 2026 Donner Prize. The annual $60,000 prize, established in 1998, recognizes the best book about public policy written by a Canadian. This year, the shortlisted ... Read More »

April 14, 2026

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