OverDrive e-book borrowing app Libby is lending its name to a new award. For the first time, the Libby Book Awards (Libbys for short), will be awarded to books in 17 categories. Finalists were nominated ... Read More »
February 20, 2024
Emma Dolan has been promoted to senior designer at Penguin Random House Canada. Andrew Roberts has been promoted to senior designer. Noah Kahansky has been promoted to studio coordinator. Melody Tacit has been promoted to academic sales manager. Hilary Lo has been promoted ... Read More »
February 20, 2024
Cheryl Nurse has been promoted to royalty accountant manager at Penguin Random House Canada. Naomi Pinn has been promoted to senior contracts manager. Jamie ... Read More »
February 16, 2024
Turnstone Press’s Jamis Paulson has acquired world rights to M.S. Berry’s The Tenant. The thriller is described as telling the story of famous author Amy Ellis who relocates to Germany for a year with her ... Read More »
February 15, 2024
Hilary Peach has been awarded the 2023 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. Peach was named the winner of the $10,000 prize for her memoir Thick Skin: Field Notes from a Sister in the Brotherhood, ... Read More »
February 15, 2024
Author Naomi Klein has been longlisted for the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-fiction. The £30,000 ($50,900 CAD) award was established by the Women's Prize Trust in 2023 to honour exceptional nonfiction written by women. Books ... Read More »
February 15, 2024
Dulce Rosales has been promoted to senior manager, advertising services at Penguin Random House Canada. Dara Sheere has joined the marketing team as marketing coordinator on a 1-year contract. Jasmin Shin has joined the marketing team as marketing coordinator on a ... Read More »
February 14, 2024
This year, Freedom to Read Week, which runs from February 18 to 24, is marking its annual campaign for intellectual freedom with the usual sorts of events celebrating banned and challenged books, but it is ... Read More »
February 14, 2024
In this final of three spring preview instalments, Q&Q takes a look at forthcoming nonfiction titles. Q&Q’s spring preview covers books published between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2024. All information (titles, publication dates) was ... Read More »
February 14, 2024
Five books have been named to the shortlist of this year's Lionel Gelber Prize. The $50,000 award, presented annually by the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, is given to the ... Read More »
February 13, 2024
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