by Ryan Porter

Writer Jen Storm and illustrator Natasha Donovan deconstruct their retelling of a First Nations ghost story

Ojibwe graphic novelist Jen Storm (Fire Starters) is fascinated by Windigo tales. First Nations legends describe the Windigo as a spirit consumed by greed, often for human flesh. But the basis of Storm’s new comic, ... Read More »

May 9, 2019

Debut short-fiction celebrated on Danuta Gleed shortlist

By Ryan Porter

The five finalists have been announced for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award. The $10,000 prize, administered by the Writers' Union of Canada, is awarded for the best first collection of short fiction. The finalists were ... Read More »

May 9, 2019

Shortlist announced for Dayne Ogilvie Prize

By Ryan Porter

Joelle Barron, Lindsay Nixon, and Casey Plett have been shortlisted for the 2019 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers. The $5,000 prize will be presented by the Writers’ Trust of Canada on June 1 ... Read More »

May 9, 2019

Sam Wiebe’s Invisible Dead optioned for TV

By Ryan Porter

Grant Harvey and Kelly Senecal (Whistler) have optioned TV rights to Sam Wiebe’s novel Invisible Dead. The noir thriller is the first in his Wakeland series, about a cop-turned-P.I. investigating a woman’s unsolved disappearance 11 years after she ... Read More »

May 6, 2019

Greg Younging – publisher, professor, and Indigenous cultural advocate – has passed away

By Ryan Porter

Greg Younging, the publisher of Theytus Books, the oldest Indigenous publishing house in Canada, passed away on May 3. The Penticton, B.C., press where he worked as managing editor from 1990 to 2004, and again ... Read More »

May 6, 2019

Distribution change: Portage & Main Press and HighWater Press

By Ryan Porter

Effective June 1, Portage & Main Press ... Read More »

May 6, 2019

Memoirs by Critch, Kelly named alongside Ali Bryan novel on Leacock shortlist

By Ryan Porter

Three titles have been shortlisted for the 2019 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The $15,000 prize will be presented at a gala dinner hosted by Ian Ferguson in Orillia, Ontario, on June 8. The ... Read More »

May 6, 2019

Jaipur Literature Festival to launch three-day fest in Toronto this September

By Ryan Porter

The Jaipur Literature Festival, the world’s largest free literary festival, will host its first Canadian event in Toronto this fall. JLF Toronto will host readings, discussions, outdoor performances, art installations, and culinary experiences alongside a ... Read More »

May 2, 2019

Daily Deals: Heather Smith to PRHC in two-book deal

By Ryan Porter

Penguin Teen/Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers publishing director Lynne Missen has acquired Heather Smith’s Barry Squires, Full Tilt in a two-book deal. The deal was arranged by Amy Tompkins at the Transatlantic Literary Agency. House ... Read More »

May 2, 2019

Tanya Tagaq, Kate Harris, and Uzma Jalaluddin among shortlisted authors for Kobo Emerging Writer Prize

By Ryan Porter

The authors shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize may be newly published, but many are already award-circuit veterans. Among the finalists are Kate Harris’s Lands of Lost Borders, which won the RBC Taylor Prize; Terese ... Read More »

May 2, 2019

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Writer Jen Storm and illustrator Natasha Donovan deconstruct their retelling of a First Nations ghost story

Debut short-fiction celebrated on Danuta Gleed shortlist

Shortlist announced for Dayne Ogilvie Prize

Sam Wiebe’s Invisible Dead optioned for TV

Greg Younging – publisher, professor, and Indigenous cultural advocate – has passed away

Distribution change: Portage & Main Press and HighWater Press

Memoirs by Critch, Kelly named alongside Ali Bryan novel on Leacock shortlist

Jaipur Literature Festival to launch three-day fest in Toronto this September

Daily Deals: Heather Smith to PRHC in two-book deal

Tanya Tagaq, Kate Harris, and Uzma Jalaluddin among shortlisted authors for Kobo Emerging Writer Prize

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