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Rights deals: Foreign rights for Catherine Gildiner + three more

Editorial Kairos has acquired world Spanish rights, China Times has acquired Taiwan rights, Goldmye has acquired Chinese rights, and Izdavačka kuća Areté has acquired Serbian rights to Catherine Gildiner’s Anything for Love. The deals were ... Read More »

October 29, 2026

Canadian Coalition for the Arts issues call to action for Canada Council funding ahead of federal budget

By Attila Berki

The Canadian Coalition for the Arts has put out a last-minute call to action for permanent federal investment in the Canada Council for the Arts in advance of the coming federal budget, which will be ... Read More »

October 28, 2026

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Adam Yu has been promoted to data developer at Penguin Random House Canada, where he will focus on improving data quality, automating workflows, and ensuring data infrastructure supports business needs. Sid Watson has been promoted ... Read More »

October 28, 2026

Bestsellers: Top 10 Canadian Fiction, October 18–24, 2026

By Inderjit Deogun

October 28, 2026

Shortlists announced for 2026 Governor General’s Literary Awards

By Cassandra Drudi

The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the finalists for this year's Governor General's Literary Awards. Among the authors shortlisted for this year's English-language prizes are Kim Fu, Kai Kellough, Jordan Tannahill, Saeed Teebi, ... Read More »

October 28, 2026

Author Judy Wearing, smiling and wearing glasses, beside the mint-green cover of her book, Anxious and Hairy: The Evolution and Culture of Human Hair, featuring illustrations of two , one male and one femaile, with hair roughly drawn in with black pencil on their different body parts

Excerpt from Anxious and Hairy: The Evolution and Culture of Human Hair by Judy Wearing

By Attila Berki

THE NOT-SO-NAKED APE At the zoo with her three children, Ellen said, “They’re naked.” “So are we,” I retorted. “They don’t look as nice.” “What’s the difference?” “I don’t know. It’s just wrong.” We peered ... Read More »

October 28, 2026

Vancouver avoids end of the road for Poetry in Transit program

By Cassandra Drudi

Despite receiving word earlier this year that its transit partner in Vancouver would be unable to secure funding for the Poetry in Transit program moving forward, BooksBC announced this week that the 30-year-old program will ... Read More »

October 28, 2026

Shop Talk: Nuts and Shells Bookshop

By Cassandra Drudi

Shop Talk is an occasional feature in which fledgling independent booksellers take Q&Q into their stores and share their reasons for opening and what business has been like so far. Nuts and Shells Bookshop 1596 ... Read More »

October 28, 2026

Carrots Make Me Suspicious

By Robin Mitchell Cranfield

Blessed is the parent whose child is a curious omnivore, ready to sample any dish placed before them. Those children exist, but they are rare. More common are children who, like the young bunny at ... Read More »

October 28, 2026 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Bonny Reichert, Irene Matys, Michael Smith among Taste Canada culinary book award winners

By Attila Berki

The 2026 winners of the Taste Canada Awards / Les Lauréats des Saveurs du Canada were announced in Toronto on Oct. 25. The national bilingual awards program for culinary writing bestows gold and silver prizes ... Read More »

October 27, 2026

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Rights deals: Foreign rights for Catherine Gildiner + three more

Canadian Coalition for the Arts issues call to action for Canada Council funding ahead of federal budget

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

Bestsellers: Top 10 Canadian Fiction, October 18–24, 2026

Shortlists announced for 2026 Governor General’s Literary Awards

Excerpt from Anxious and Hairy: The Evolution and Culture of Human Hair by Judy Wearing

Vancouver avoids end of the road for Poetry in Transit program

Shop Talk: Nuts and Shells Bookshop

Carrots Make Me Suspicious

Bonny Reichert, Irene Matys, Michael Smith among Taste Canada culinary book award winners

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