The program invites five established Canadian writers to select one writer in the early stages of their career to mentor.
Toronto bookseller wins 2022 Freedom to Read Award
Toronto bookseller, event coordinator and community builder Anjula Gogia has been named the winner of this year’s Freedom to Read Award.
2022 Winterset Award longlist announced
The $12,500 award celebrates literary work by a writer from Newfoundland and Labrador.
Owlkids Books, Monsieur Ed, and Greystone Books among finalists for 2022 Bologna Prize
The annual prize is awarded to a publisher “at the forefront of innovation in their activity for the creative nature of the editorial choices they have made during the previous year.”
Submissions open for inaugural $150,000 Carol Shields prize
The inaugural prize will be awarded on May 4, 2023.
2022 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlist announced
The winner will be announced on April 12.
Sheila Barry Best Canadian Picturebook of the Year Award open for submissions
The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2022.
$40K U.S. nonfiction grant opens to Canadian writers
For the first time, Canadian nonfiction writers will be eligible to apply for the annual US $40,000 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant as it expands its eligibility criteria to include Canadians.
Francesca Ekwuyasi, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson among Canadians longlisted for Dublin Literary Award
Francesca Ekwuyasi and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson are among eight Canadian authors whose books have been longlisted for the 2022 Dublin Literary Award.
Biblioasis title named National Book Critics Circle finalist
In a first for a Canadian publisher, a book by Irish poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa, published in North America by Biblioasis, has been named a finalist for the 2021 National Book Critics Circle awards.