by Cassandra Drudi

Rights deals: Mark Critch, Amy Fish + one more

Penguin Canada’s Laura Dosky has acquired world rights to Mark Critch’s novel Breaching and an untitled nonfiction book. The novel is described as telling the story of Frank Hearn who is tasked with holding forty-eight ... Read More »

April 25, 2024

Writers’ Union announces 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award shortlist

By Cassandra Drudi

Five writers have been named to the 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award shortlist. The annual award, administered by the Writers' Union of Canada, recognizes the best first collection of short fiction published in English by ... Read More »

April 24, 2024

CIBA launches new online directory of indies ahead of indie bookstore day

By Cassandra Drudi

Canadian Independent Bookstore Day (CIBD) will be supported this year with a new online resource that aims to bolster interest in indie bookstores on April 27 – and throughout the year. Indiebookstores.ca was launched by ... Read More »

April 24, 2024

Finalists announced for 2024 Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers

By Cassandra Drudi

Three poets and three short story writers have been named finalists for the 2024 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. The annual awards, given annually since 1994, aim to identify the work of promising ... Read More »

April 24, 2024

Rights deal: Katherine Ashenburg

By Cassandra Drudi

Knopf Canada’s Lynn Henry has acquired Canadian English rights to internationally bestselling author Katherine Ashenburg’s Margaret’s New Look. The novel, described as the story of a young fashion curator planning her exhibit of Dior’s groundbreaking ... Read More »

April 22, 2024

Sid Marty wins inaugural Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Alberta poet and writer Sid Marty has been named the winner of the first ever Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize. The $10,000 prize, announced last month, honours Canadian poets and poetry, and celebrates the ... Read More »

April 22, 2024

Literary mag launches new writing prize for short stories

By Cassandra Drudi

Attention, short story writers: Montreal-based literary journal yolk is launching the Montreal Fiction Prize. The prize, open to Canadian writers for stories up to 4,000 words long, carries a $2,000 purse, with two $500 awards ... Read More »

April 18, 2024

Rights deals: Patrick Tarr, John Ibbitson + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

HarperCollins Canada’s Janice Zawerbny has acquired Canadian English rights to Patrick Tarr’s The Guest Children. The novel is described as an insidiously creepy ghost story in which a man volunteers to search for two children ... Read More »

April 18, 2024

At last: Work begins on new Canadian dictionary

By Cassandra Drudi

Two decades after the last dictionary of Canadian English was published, work is finally underway on a new Canadian dictionary. Editors Canada announced in February that the professional organization has partnered with Nelson Education to ... Read More »

April 17, 2024