The annual prize recognizes the best debut books by Canadian writers in three categories: nonfiction, literary fiction, and this year, speculative fiction.
Rights deals: Sae-Hoon Chung, Corey Hart + four more
A group of booksellers walk into a bar
Book Bar, which opens on June 27 in Toronto’s recently opened Mirvish Village development, is a 2,600-square foot space in a renovated heritage home on Markham Street.
Opinion: The case for a federal publishing tax credit
Alberta Book Publishing Awards shortlists announced
Marina Endicott receives 2026 Prairie Grindstone Prize
The $50,000 annual prize, funded by an anonymous donor committee, alternates between the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan and rewards a writer for their body of work and contributions to the Western Canadian literary experience.
Rights deals: Art Gallery of Guelph, Agnes Etherington Art Centre + five more
Meredith Hambrock wins 2026 Leacock Medal
Hambrock won the $25,000 prize for her novel She’s a Lamb.
Melissa Powless Day and reuben quinn named 2026 IVA recipients
The prizes, now in their ninth year, honour the sovereignty of Indigenous creative voices and support the work of Indigenous writers. The recipients were announced on June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day.
Winners of the 2026 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards announced
Each of the winners receives $6,000 for “artistic excellence in writing and illustration in English-language Canadian children’s literature.”
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