With new Knopf Canada imprint, Dionne Brand aims to capture the ‘shiny and wondrous’ of alchemy

About five years ago, award-winning poet, novelist, and editor Dionne Brand was having a casual conversation with her editor Lynn Henry. Brand was talking about the kind of writing that she loved and wanted to ... Read More »

October 4, 2023

A. F. Moritz among 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize judges

By Cassandra Drudi

The Griffin Poetry Prize has announced the three judges for the 2024 prize. Canadian poet A.F. Moritz, German poet Jan Wagner, and American poet Anne Waldman have been named the judges for next year's prize. ... Read More »

October 4, 2023

Wab Kinew elected premier of Manitoba

By Cassandra Drudi

Award-winning author Wab Kinew has been elected premier of Manitoba. He is set to become the first First Nations premier in Canada after the Manitoba NDP won 34 seats in the provincial election on October ... Read More »

October 4, 2023

Christina Sharpe, John Vaillant shortlisted for 2023 National Book Awards

By Cassandra Drudi

Christina Sharpe and John Vaillant have been named finalists for the American National Book Awards. Sharpe and Vaillant were both shortlisted for the nonfiction prize, and are among five finalists in that category. Sharpe, Canada ... Read More »

October 4, 2023

Michelle Good, Max Wyman among 2023 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy finalists

By Cassandra Drudi

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced five finalists for the 2023 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy. The $60,000 annual award, now in its third year, recognizes nonfiction books that advance policy discussions about social, ... Read More »

October 4, 2023

Rights Deal: Rukhsana Khan

By Cassandra Drudi

Random House Children’s Books’s Heidi Kilgras has acquired world rights to Rukhsana Khan’s Rabia’s Eid, to be illustrated by Debby Rahmalia. The early reader book is described as taking place on Eid-al-fitr – the last ... Read More »

October 2, 2023

Personnel changes: The Rights Factory

By Cassandra Drudi

Kathleen (Kat) Foxx joins The Rights Factory as an assistant agent. Previously, she was an editorial assistant at the agency and is a freelance fiction editor. Jes Trudel also joins as assistant agent. Previously, she ... Read More »

October 2, 2023

2023 ReLit Awards winners announced

By Cassandra Drudi

The three winners of the 2023 ReLit Awards, the last edition of the prize before the awards go on hiatus, were announced on September 29. The winners are: Poetry: Flyway by Sarah Ens (Turnstone Press) Short ... Read More »

October 2, 2023

Rights Deals: Sam Wiebe, Su Chang + seven more

By Cassandra Drudi

Harbour Publishing has acquired North American rights to Sam Wiebe’s Ocean Drive. The book is described as a Pacific Northwest crime thriller, in which ex-convict Cameron Shaw infiltrates a cross-border crime syndicate, while the murder-by-arson ... Read More »

September 28, 2023

Indie publisher Assembly Press launches counselling service

By Cassandra Drudi

Independent publisher Assembly Press has launched a service they are calling guidance counselling. The service offers advice for those in need of advice for their writing or publishing careers as part of Assembly's commitment "to ... Read More »

September 28, 2023

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