March 20, 2024
Five books have been shortlisted for the 2024 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. The $25,000 prize, awarded annually by the Writers’ Trust of Canada, honours a book of literary merit that has the potential to ... Read More »
March 20, 2024
Dundurn Press editorial director Kathryn Lane has acquired world rights to Adam Dodek’s Crusaders, Villains, and Passengers: The Stories and People Behind Canada’s Most Important Constitutional Cases. This nonfiction book is described as reviewing 21 ... Read More »
March 18, 2024
Dear Agony Editor, I have a middle-grade novel coming out and would love to raise awareness about the book, as well as my profile as an author, among school librarians. Do you have any suggestions ... Read More »
March 13, 2024
The Carol Shields Prize has announced its 15-book longlist for the 2024 prize. The $150,000 (U.S.) prize, named after the American-born and Canadian-based author Carol Shields, acknowledges, celebrates, and promotes the best works of fiction ... Read More »
March 8, 2024
Simon & Schuster Canada senior editor Brittany Lavery has acquired North American rights to Jeanne Beker’s Heart on My Sleeve, with a foreword by supermodel Linda Evangelista. The memoir is described as a wardrobe of ... Read More »
March 7, 2024
Timothy Garton Ash has won the 2024 Lionel Gelber Prize for his book Homelands: A Personal History of Europe. The $50,000 award, presented annually by the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public ... Read More »
March 6, 2024
Haudenosaunee writer Alicia Elliott has been longlisted for the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction. Elliott's novel And Then She Fell is one of 16 books longlisted for the £30,000 (about $51,700), U.K.-based prize that champions ... Read More »
March 5, 2024
Castle Bridge Media’s In Churl Yo and publisher Jason Henderson have acquired world rights to Don Sawyer’s The Burning Gem. The urban fantasy novel is described as the story of Barbara, who has always had ... Read More »
March 4, 2024
Two novels and a nonfiction book about the ocean have been shortlisted for the 2023 BMO Winterset Award. The $12,500 annual award celebrates excellence in Newfoundland and Labrador writing in any genre. This year, there ... Read More »
March 4, 2024
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