At the Aug. 29 launch of the Canadian Geographic Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada, Aaron Kylie stood uneasily with his shoes off on an 11-by-8-metre map half the size of a gym. The map, available ... Read More »
October 18, 2018
Ciela Norma, NiL Editions, Guy Saint Jean, Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, Eksmo, Dook, and Mono Generation have acquired, respectively, Bulgarian, world French (excluding Canada), Canadian French, Indonesian, Russian, simplified Chinese, and Thai rights to bestselling poet Rupi Kaur’s the ... Read More »
October 17, 2018
The winners of the 2018 Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature have been announced. Each writer will receive $10,000. The winners are: Fiction • Class Mom, Laurie Gelman (Henry Holt and Company) Non-fiction • Siberian ... Read More »
October 17, 2018
Nimbus Publishing managing editor Whitney Moran has acquired world rights to Riverport, Nova Scotia, author Kate Inglis’s picture book A Great Big Night with illustrations by Josée Bisaillon. The book is described as a rhythmic ... Read More »
October 15, 2018
And then there were three: Toronto’s famously cool Type Books has opened its third location. The Junction outlet enjoyed a soft opening on Oct. 3 with an official launch pencilled in for early November. “People ... Read More »
October 15, 2018
David Demchuk and Cherie Dimaline are among the winners of the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. The Sunburst Award Committee announced the winners, chosen by jury, on Oct. 15. David ... Read More »
October 15, 2018
The name isn’t the only thing that’s new at this year’s Toronto International Festival of Authors. The oldest and largest literary festival in Canada has added a few fresh ideas for its 39th year. Festival director ... Read More »
October 12, 2018
Black Coffee Press has acquired world Italian rights to Claudia Dey’s novel Heartbreaker. The deal was arranged by Hana El Niwairi at Cooke International working in association with The Italian Literary Agency on behalf of ... Read More »
October 11, 2018
David Chariandy has won the Toronto Book Award for his second novel, Brother (McClelland & Stewart). Chariandy accepted the $10,000 prize at a ceremony held at the Toronto Reference Library on Oct. 10. The novel, ... Read More »
October 11, 2018
Former Calgary poet laureate (2014–16) Derek Beaulieu has been named the new director of literary arts at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. The Montreal-born author of 20 volumes of poetry, prose, and criticism ... Read More »
October 9, 2018
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