The winners of the 38th annual B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes were announced at an in-person gala hosted by poet Jillian Christmas in Vancouver. The winners of the 2022 B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes are: ... Read More »
September 26, 2022
HarperCollins Canada’s editor-in-chief Jennifer Lambert has acquired Canadian English rights to David A. Robertson’s Hunter and an untitled second book. The novel is described as the story of a young Cree man caught between the ... Read More »
September 22, 2022
The shortlist for the Cundill History Prize has been announced. The Cundill History Prize, administered by McGill University, is awarded annually to a book that embodies historical scholarship, originality, literary quality, and broad appeal. The ... Read More »
September 22, 2022
As publisher of House of Anansi Press, Leigh Nash is looking back to move forward. After five months at the helm of one Canada’s most storied independent publishers, Nash has settled in and is beginning ... Read More »
September 21, 2022
Five finalists have been revealed for this year's Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction, for books on subjects that range from climate change to coronaviruses to the politics of race and identity. The $60,000 ... Read More »
September 21, 2022
HarperCollins Canada's Jennifer Lambert has acquired, in a two-book deal, Canadian English rights to William Ping’s Hollow Bamboo and a second novel. The novel is described as imaginative, funny, and moving, and inspired by the ... Read More »
September 20, 2022
Comedian Rick Mercer has been named the winner of this year’s $25,000 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. Mercer won the award for his memoir Talking to Canadians (Doubleday Canada). Mercer's book was one of three ... Read More »
September 19, 2022
Cody Caetano has joined CookeMcDermid Literary Management as literary agent, working with a select list of authors. He previously worked at Transatlantic Literary Agency. He is the author of the bestselling memoir Half-Bads in White ... Read More »
September 19, 2022
NeWest Press general manager Matt Bowes has acquired world rights to J.T. Siemens’s Call of the Void. The mystery/thriller is described as a follow-up to To Those Who Killed Me, in which former fitness instructor ... Read More »
September 15, 2022
Toronto poetry bookstore Knife Fork Book is closing. The bookstore, which opened in 2016, announced the closure on Twitter earlier this month. "KFB is closing its shops (& readings). We'll continue as a press, and ... Read More »
September 15, 2022
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