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Canadian Children’s Book Centre adds new prize to its awards program

The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) will oversee the Richard Allen Chase Memorial Award (RACMA) as of this year. Created in memory of the late Richard Chase, a former teacher-librarian from Lethbridge, Alberta, the annual award ... Read More »

April 23, 2024

Personnel change: Fernwood Publishing

By Attila Berki

Art Bouman has joined Fernwood Publishing as the publicity and promotions manager. He draws on his experience ... Read More »

April 23, 2024

Rights deal: Katherine Ashenburg

By Cassandra Drudi

Knopf Canada’s Lynn Henry has acquired Canadian English rights to internationally bestselling author Katherine Ashenburg’s Margaret’s New Look. The novel, described as the story of a young fashion curator planning her exhibit of Dior’s groundbreaking ... Read More »

April 22, 2024

Sid Marty wins inaugural Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Alberta poet and writer Sid Marty has been named the winner of the first ever Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize. The $10,000 prize, announced last month, honours Canadian poets and poetry, and celebrates the ... Read More »

April 22, 2024

Todd Stewart wins 2023 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award

By Inderjit Deogun

Illustrator Todd Stewart has won the 2023 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award. Each year, IBBY Canada awards $1,000 to a Canadian illustrator for “outstanding artistic talent” in a Canadian picture book. Stewart won for his ... Read More »

April 22, 2024

Literary mag launches new writing prize for short stories

By Cassandra Drudi

Attention, short story writers: Montreal-based literary journal yolk is launching the Montreal Fiction Prize. The prize, open to Canadian writers of stories up to 4,000 words long, carries a $2,000 purse, with two $500 awards ... Read More »

April 18, 2024

Rights deals: Patrick Tarr, John Ibbitson + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

HarperCollins Canada’s Janice Zawerbny has acquired Canadian English rights to Patrick Tarr’s The Guest Children. The novel is described as an insidiously creepy ghost story in which a man volunteers to search for two children ... Read More »

April 18, 2024

At last: Work begins on new Canadian dictionary

By Cassandra Drudi

Two decades after the last dictionary of Canadian English was published, work is finally underway on a new Canadian dictionary. Editors Canada announced in February that the professional organization has partnered with Nelson Education to ... Read More »

April 17, 2024

Creatives and the machine: Calgary Ascenti symposium explores artificial intelligence and the arts

By Attila Berki

Over the course of two days in early April, more than 150 people gathered for the Ascenti Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and the Creative Arts at the Calgary Central Library. The unique conference, which included ... Read More »

April 17, 2024