by Cassandra Drudi

Shortlists announced for 2025 LCP Book Awards

The League of Canadian Poets has announced the 18 titles shortlisted for its three annual book awards. Each award carries a $2,000 prize. Five poets -- Faith Arkorful, Manahil Bandukwala, Zehra Naqvi, Chimwemwe Undi, and ... Read More »

May 7, 2025

Distribution change: ACC Books

By Cassandra Drudi

Effective May 1, 2025, ACC Art Books and their client publishers (formerly distributed by NBN) will be ... Read More »

May 7, 2025

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Talia Abramson has been promoted to the role of designer at Penguin Random House Canada. Supipi Weerasooriya has moved into the role of special markets assistant. Farishteh Pavri has been promoted to marketing coordinator. Justin Timbol and Sabrina Yussuf ... Read More »

May 7, 2025

Canisia Lubrin, Maurice Vellekoop among writers shortlisted for 2025 Trillium Book Awards

By Cassandra Drudi

Award-winning titles by Canisia Lubrin and Maurice Vellekoop are among the books shortlisted for the 2025 Trillium Book Awards. The shortlists, announced today by Ontario Creates, include 16 books in French and English across four ... Read More »

May 6, 2025

Rights deals: Kathryn Blaze Baum, Fawn Parker + 17 more

By Cassandra Drudi

Penguin Canada’s Laura Dosky has acquired Canadian English rights to Kathryn Blaze Baum’s In Fertility: The Story of a Miracle and the Big Business Behind It. The nonfiction book is described as chronicling the author’s ... Read More »

May 5, 2025

Canadian writers launch online book auction to raise money for eSIM cards for Gazans

By Cassandra Drudi

More than 100 Canadian writers have donated autographed and special editions of their books to an online auction raising funds for Crips for eSims for Gaza, a crowdfunded project that sends electronic SIM cards to ... Read More »

May 5, 2025

Canisia Lubrin wins 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

By Cassandra Drudi

Canisa Lubrin has won the 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for Code Noir. The $150,000 (U.S.) prize, now in its third year, acknowledges, celebrates, and promotes the best works of fiction written by women ... Read More »

May 1, 2025

Rights deals: Ryan Cho, Karma Brown + five more

By Cassandra Drudi

Thornapple Press has acquired world rights to Ryan Cho’s Lost and Found: Asian Masculinity in a Word Made for Whiteness. The memoir is described as combining stories from Cho’s life with an exploration of changing ... Read More »

May 1, 2025

Trio of Doug Wright nominees up for both best book and best emerging talent

By Cassandra Drudi

The finalists have been announced for the Doug Wright Awards, the annual awards honouring the best in Canadian comics. The winners will be announced at an event in Toronto on June 7. Writer, artist, and ... Read More »

May 1, 2025

Access Copyright calls on newly elected federal government to repair copyright situation

By Cassandra Drudi

A new government has been elected to office in Canada, and Access Copyright is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney and elected officials from all parties to "do better in upholding the rights of creators ... Read More »

May 1, 2025

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