by Ryan Porter

Jury of acclaimed Black writers announced for 2021 Journey Prize

A jury of acclaimed Black Canadian writers has been announced for the 2021 Writers’ Trust McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. Novelists David Chariandy and Esi Edugyan will join poet Canisia Lubrin in judging a special ... Read More »

October 29, 2020

Eden Robinson responds to film adaptation of novel Monkey Beach

By Ryan Porter

Eden Robinson finds one scene in the new film adaptation of her 2011 supernatural novel Monkey Beach especially difficult to watch. The beloved Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations author from Kitamaat Village, B.C., squirms during ... Read More »

October 27, 2020

Poet and former bookseller Alice Burdick elected to Mahone Bay city council

By Ryan Porter

Alice Burdick, the author of five books of poetry and the former co-owner of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, bookshop Lexicon Books, has won a seat on council in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. In a questionnaire posted ... Read More »

October 26, 2020

Indigo joins the #15PercentPledge as part of detailed diversity and inclusion commitments

By Ryan Porter

Indigo Books and Music has become the first Canadian retailer to join the #15PercentPledge. The viral initiative, launched by former Torontonian Aurora James, calls upon retailers to dedicate at least 15 per cent of their ... Read More »

October 26, 2020

Four new voices celebrated at Writers’ Trust Awards: Emerging Writers Edition

By Ryan Porter

Four winners have been announced as part of the Writers’ Trust Awards: Emerging Writers Edition. The event presented four prizes: the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers in both the short fiction and poetry ... Read More »

October 21, 2020

Tanya Talaga, Jael Richardson among 20 creators producing Canadian Audible Originals

By Ryan Porter

Catherine Hernandez, Tanya Talaga, Jael Richardson, and Andrew Pyper are among the 20 creators Audible.ca has announced as part of an ambitious program of original Canadian audio productions. The first two productions, The Revisionaries featuring ... Read More »

October 15, 2020

Daily Deals: Film and TV rights sold to Eternity Martis memoir; foreign rights sold for Billy-Ray Belcourt memoir

By Ryan Porter

Film/TV rights to Eternity Martis’s They Said This Would Be Fun have been sold at auction to Kerry Appleyard at Temple Street, a division of Boat Rocker Media, by Stephanie Sinclair, formerly of the Transatlantic ... Read More »

October 8, 2020

Mawenzi House’s Nurjehan Aziz named TIFA’s 2020 Ivy Award recipient

By Ryan Porter

Nurjehan Aziz, publisher of Mawenzi House, will receive the Ivy Award on Oct. 26, during the upcoming Toronto International Festival of Authors. The Ivy Award is presented to someone who has made a significant contribution ... Read More »

October 8, 2020

Clayton Gauthier brings the lessons of the land to picture book The Bear’s Medicine

By Ryan Porter

For multi-media artist Clayton Gauthier, kids have the easiest time understanding the lessons found in his picture books, 2016's The Salmon Run and 2019's The Bear's Medicine (both Theytus Books). It’s adults, he's found, who ... Read More »

October 8, 2020

Gil Adamson, Zsuzsi Gartner, and Thomas King listed alongside debut authors on WT Fiction Prize shortlist

By Ryan Porter

Two debut books have been listed alongside three by seasoned Canadian scribes for the 24th Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. Maria Reva’s debut short-story collection Good Citizens Need Not Fear and Michelle Good’s debut novel Five ... Read More »

October 7, 2020

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Jury of acclaimed Black writers announced for 2021 Journey Prize

Eden Robinson responds to film adaptation of novel Monkey Beach

Poet and former bookseller Alice Burdick elected to Mahone Bay city council

Indigo joins the #15PercentPledge as part of detailed diversity and inclusion commitments

Four new voices celebrated at Writers’ Trust Awards: Emerging Writers Edition

Tanya Talaga, Jael Richardson among 20 creators producing Canadian Audible Originals

Daily Deals: Film and TV rights sold to Eternity Martis memoir; foreign rights sold for Billy-Ray Belcourt memoir

Mawenzi House’s Nurjehan Aziz named TIFA’s 2020 Ivy Award recipient

Clayton Gauthier brings the lessons of the land to picture book The Bear’s Medicine

Gil Adamson, Zsuzsi Gartner, and Thomas King listed alongside debut authors on WT Fiction Prize shortlist

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