by Cassandra Drudi

AI use up in organizations but down among individuals, report finds

AI use is becoming more prevalent across organizations in the North American book industry, according to a newly released report from the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) and BookNet Canada. The report, called “AI use ... Read More »

September 29, 2026

Five finalists announced for 2026 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy

By Cassandra Drudi

Books about foreign interference, the truth of aging as a woman, and reckoning with hockey culture are among the five finalists for the 2026 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy. Administered by the Writers’ Trust of ... Read More »

September 29, 2026

Rights deals: Rose Sutherland, foreign rights for Amanda Peters + four more

By Cassandra Drudi

Vagrant Press’s Whitney Moran has acquired Canadian rights to Rose Sutherland’s Daisy, the Dead Man, and the Whore Next Door. The novel is described as a twisty sapphic novel that follows two down-on-their-luck young women ... Read More »

September 28, 2026

Rights deals: Adriana Chartrand, Caroline Adderson + six more

By Cassandra Drudi

House of Anansi Press’s Shirarose Wilensky has acquired world rights to Adriana Chartrand’s Discontinuity. The novel is described as a literary horror about two Saulteaux-Red River Métis cousins who become ensnared by a prairie-based agrarian-cult ... Read More »

September 24, 2026

Dave Margoshes wins 2026 Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence

By Cassandra Drudi

Award-winning writer Dave Margoshes has been named the winner of the 2026 Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence. The $10,000 annual prize, administered by the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild, honours a Saskatchewan writer with ... Read More »

September 24, 2026

Personnel change: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Laurie Graham has joined Penguin Random House Canada as senior editor, focusing on ... Read More »

September 24, 2026

Personnel changes: McClelland & Stewart

By Cassandra Drudi

Jordan Ginsberg has been promoted to executive editor at McClelland & Stewart. Ginsberg was first hired as an editor at Hazlitt in 2013, where under his stewardship the magazine garnered multiple National Magazine Awards. He then ... Read More »

September 23, 2026

Shortlist announced for 2026 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Five books – four of them debut novels – have been shortlisted for the 2026 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. The winner of the annual prize recognizing the best short story collection or novel ... Read More »

September 23, 2026

Maria Reva, Julian Brave NoiseCat among winners of B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes

By Cassandra Drudi

Winners of the 2026 B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes were announced at a gala in Vancouver on Sept. 19. The annual awards, now in their 42nd year, are administered by the West Coast Book Prize ... Read More »

September 21, 2026

Distribution changes: Pentecostal Resources Group, Goose Lane Editions, D6 Family Ministries, Storyteller’s Forge, Doran Press

By Cassandra Drudi

International Publishers Group (IPG) has added five publishers to its sales and distribution programs this fall. IPG will now handle sales and distribution in Canada and the U.S. for Pentecostal Resources Group, D6 Family Ministries, Storyteller’s ... Read More »

September 21, 2026

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