by Cassandra Drudi

Rosanna Deerchild, Wayne K. Spear and Georges Erasmus named 2025 IVA recipients

Rosanna Deerchild and Wayne K. Spear and Georges Erasmus have been named the recipients of this year's Indigenous Voices Awards. Deerchild received the $5,000 award for published poetry in English for She Falls Again (Coach ... Read More »

June 23, 2025

Natalie Sue wins 2025 Leacock Medal

By Cassandra Drudi

Calgary author Natalie Sue has won the 2025 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. Sue was named the winner of the $25,000 prize for her debut novel, I Hope This Finds You Well (HarperCollins) at ... Read More »

June 23, 2025

Rights deals: Rosa Lonergan, M.G. Vassanji + two more

By Cassandra Drudi

ECW Press’s Kenna Barnes has acquired world rights to Rosa Lonergan’s Reservation for One. The novel is described as following Indian-Canadian chef Leela as she bets it all on a crumbling church in a small ... Read More »

June 19, 2025

Agency change: Roots & Bridge Publishing

By Cassandra Drudi

Ampersand Inc. has taken on book sales representation for Roots & Bridge ... Read More »

June 19, 2025

Maurice Vellekoop, Jake Byrne win 2025 Trillium Book Awards

By Cassandra Drudi

Maurice Vellekoop and poet Jake Byrne have been named the winners of the 2025 Trillium Book Awards. Vellekoop was named the winner for his graphic memoir I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together (Random ... Read More »

June 18, 2025

Scott Alexander Howard, Anh Duong, Leanne Toshiko Simpson win 2025 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer prizes

By Cassandra Drudi

Three authors have been named the winners of the 2025 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. The prizes recognize exceptional books written by first-time Canadian authors in three categories: literary fiction, nonfiction, and this year, romance ... Read More »

June 18, 2025

Ten books longlisted for 2025 Sunburst Award

By Cassandra Drudi

Ten books have been shortlisted for the 2025 Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. This year marks a return of the annual $3,000 award after a four-year hiatus. Jurors Natalee Caple, Geoff Ryman, ... Read More »

June 18, 2025

Personnel changes: Transatlantic Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Associate agent Eva Oakes has been promoted to international rights coordinator at the Transatlantic Agency. Oakes will be representing all of Samantha Haywood’s author clients excluding North America and select clients for the agency on a title-by-title basis. ... Read More »

June 18, 2025

Leslie Jamison wins 2025 Weston International Award

By Cassandra Drudi

American author and essayist Leslie Jamison has been named the winner of the 2025 Weston International Award. The $75,000 award, administered by the Writers' Trust of Canada, honours an international author for their career achievement ... Read More »

June 18, 2025

Rights deals: Grace Kennedy

By Cassandra Drudi

Nimbus Publishing editor Claire Bennet has acquired world rights to journalist Grace Kennedy’s Canada’s Endangered Animals with illustrations by Alex MacAskill. The nonfiction book is described as a book for young readers that details the ... Read More »

June 16, 2025

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Rosanna Deerchild, Wayne K. Spear and Georges Erasmus named 2025 IVA recipients

Natalie Sue wins 2025 Leacock Medal

Rights deals: Rosa Lonergan, M.G. Vassanji + two more

Agency change: Roots & Bridge Publishing

Maurice Vellekoop, Jake Byrne win 2025 Trillium Book Awards

Scott Alexander Howard, Anh Duong, Leanne Toshiko Simpson win 2025 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer prizes

Ten books longlisted for 2025 Sunburst Award

Personnel changes: Transatlantic Agency

Leslie Jamison wins 2025 Weston International Award

Rights deals: Grace Kennedy

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