by Ryan Porter

Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient shortlisted for best-of-the-Bookers 50th anniversary prize

Toronto-based author Michael Ondaatje could be named the best author in the Man Booker Prize’s history. His 1992 novel The English Patient was announced as one of five novels shortlisted for the Golden Man Booker ... Read More »

May 28, 2018

Canadian publishers take wait-and-see approach to inaugural New York Rights Fair

By Ryan Porter

Twelve Canadian publishers will participate in the inaugural New York Rights Fair this week, housed under the banner Canada Stand. The Canadian contingent was organized by Livres Canada Books, a non-profit that supports Canadian publishers’ ... Read More »

May 28, 2018

Peter Robinson’s Sleeping In The Ground wins Arthur Ellis Best Novel Award

By Ryan Porter

Toronto-based crime writer Peter Robinson has won the 2018 Best Novel award for Sleeping in the Ground (McClelland & Stewart) as part of the 2018 Arthur Ellis Awards for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing. The ... Read More »

May 25, 2018

Personnel changes: House of Anansi Press

By Ryan Porter

House of Anansi Press has named Janie Yoon as its new associate publisher. Yoon has been with House of Anansi for 11 years, and most recently served as editorial director. At Anansi, she has worked ... Read More »

May 25, 2018

Cherie Dimaline, Catherine Hernandez among finalists for Ontario’s $20,000 Trillium Award

By Ryan Porter

The finalists for the $20,000 Trillium Book Award were announced on May 24. The two prizes for literary achievement by an Ontario-based author – one writing in English and one writing in French – will ... Read More »

May 24, 2018

Canada Council’s Digital Strategy Fund grants $167,000 to build CanLit database for post-secondary licensing

By Ryan Porter

A group of publishers has received a $167,235 grant from the Canada Council for the Arts’s new Digital Strategy Fund to compile 10,000 Canadian plays, poems, and works of short fiction into a searchable database ... Read More »

May 24, 2018

CanLit vending machine to launch at Billy Bishop Airport

By Ryan Porter

Forget the pop and chips — this summer, a vending machine at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport will be filled with delicious CanLit. Thirty titles from six indie presses will circulate throughout the summer as ... Read More »

May 22, 2018

Jesse Jacobs wins Doug Wright Best Book Award after six previous nominations

By Ryan Porter

The sixth time's a charm? Moncton, N.B.–born comic artist and author Jesse Jacobs has won the 2018 Doug Wright Best Book Award for his graphic novel Crawl Space. after being nominated for the prize six previous ... Read More »

May 15, 2018

Married writers Sarah Faber and Oisin Curran both win Atlantic Book Awards

By Ryan Porter

The 13 winners of the 2018 Atlantic Book Awards, celebrating excellence in East Coast writing and book publishing, were announced on May 10. Cape Breton couple Sarah Faben and Oisin Curran were each honoured in ... Read More »

May 14, 2018

Daily Deals: Penguin acquires Robyn Doolittle book on sexual assault

By Ryan Porter

Penguin Canada publishing director Diane Turbide has acquired Canadian English rights to Globe and Mail investigative reporter Robyn Doolittle’s Had It Coming, which will tell the personal stories of men and women caught in the ... Read More »

May 14, 2018

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Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient shortlisted for best-of-the-Bookers 50th anniversary prize

Canadian publishers take wait-and-see approach to inaugural New York Rights Fair

Peter Robinson’s Sleeping In The Ground wins Arthur Ellis Best Novel Award

Personnel changes: House of Anansi Press

Cherie Dimaline, Catherine Hernandez among finalists for Ontario’s $20,000 Trillium Award

Canada Council’s Digital Strategy Fund grants $167,000 to build CanLit database for post-secondary licensing

CanLit vending machine to launch at Billy Bishop Airport

Jesse Jacobs wins Doug Wright Best Book Award after six previous nominations

Married writers Sarah Faber and Oisin Curran both win Atlantic Book Awards

Daily Deals: Penguin acquires Robyn Doolittle book on sexual assault

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