In January, Rose Vespa joined the Canadian Children’s Book Centre as the new executive director, a position that oversees some of the country’s most important kidlit programs – TD Canadian Children’s Book Week, TD Grade ... Read More »
HarperCollins editor Catherine Wallace has acquired world English rights to Alex Light's YA novel, The Upside of Falling. The novel – which was previously titled Rivals on Wattpad, where it won a 2017 Watty Award in 2017 – following ... Read More »
Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their favourite upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program and the Canadian Urban Libraries Council. This list features new releases (May–June) for young readers. Stories for Kids ... Read More »
Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their favourite upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program and the Canadian Urban Libraries Council. City of Girls, Elizabeth Gilbert (Riverhead Books/Penguin Random House Canada) Every ... Read More »
Four titles are in the running for this year's National Business Book Award. The $30,000 prize honours an outstanding Canadian business-related book published in the previous year. The shortlist was selected by jury chair Peter ... Read More »
Inkyard Press's Natashya Wilson has acquired U.S. English and audio rights to Brian Francis’s debut YA novel, Break in Case of Emergency. The story follows 15 -year-old Toby Goodman, whose plans to escape her small ... Read More »
Nominees have been announced for this year's Trillium Book Awards. The four prizes celebrate literary achievement by Ontario-based authors. Trillium Book Award (French and English language) winners will receive $20,000, with their respective publishers allotted $2,500 to promote their ... Read More »