For half a century, independent press Brick Books has been publishing poetry – and nothing but poetry. Founded in 1975 by poets Don McKay and Stan Dragland, the press has focused exclusively on verse since ... Read More »
April 23, 2025
The fifth edition of the relaunched Canadian Independent Bookstore Day takes place April 26. After months of uncertainty within the industry about potential tariffs and counter-tariffs and how they could affect the sales of books ... Read More »
April 23, 2025
The Griffin Poetry Prize has announced a shortlist of five books for the 2024 prize. The shortlisted titles were selected from a 10-book longlist announced last month. Three of the shortlisted titles are translations, and ... Read More »
April 23, 2025
Nine writers have been named finalists for the 2025 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. The award, established in 1994, grants $10,000 annually to a writer of fiction and poetry. This year, the prize ... Read More »
April 23, 2025
Dundurn Press publisher Meghan Macdonald has acquired world rights to the Honourable Sergio Marchi’s Pursuing a Public Life: How to Succeed in the Political Arena. The nonfiction book – the first in the Hon. Henry ... Read More »
April 17, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic, corporate governance, intimate partner violence, and the power of the courts are the topics examined by the five books shortlisted for the Donner Prize. The annual $60,000 prize, established in 1998, recognizes ... Read More »
April 16, 2025
Five writers have been named to the Writers' Trust of Canada 2025 Rising Stars cohort. Under the program, which was launched in 2019, five established authors each select a writer in the early stages of ... Read More »
April 16, 2025
ECW Press’s Michael Holmes has acquired world rights to Sadie McCarney’s The Bright Afters. The poetry book is described as a long poem about a small town, an act of devastating violence, and the courage ... Read More »
April 15, 2025
Canadian writers Chanel Sutherland and Damhnait Monaghan are among the 25 writers shortlisted for the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The prize is awarded annually to the best piece of unpublished short fiction between 2,000 ... Read More »
April 14, 2025
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