In total, eight awards and $175,000 will be given out for the best in Canadian children’s literature.
Rupi Kaur’s third collection, home body, out with S&S Canada in November
home body “guides readers through a reflective and intimate journey visiting the past, the present, and the potential of the self.”
Personnel change: The Rights Factory
Daily Deals: Polish-language rights sold to two Katherena Vermette novels
Margaret Atwood to receive 2020 U.S. Literary Peace Prize
Past recipients include Elie Wiesel, Marilynne Robinson, and Louise Erdrich.
Bestsellers: Director Michelle Latimer calls for Indigenous talent to adapt Indigenous work
Filmmaker Michelle Latimer on helming adaptations of Eden Robinson’s Trickster series and Thomas King’s The Inconvenient Indian.
Daily Deal: Knopf Canada acquires Katherine Ashenburg rom-com
U of A leads at the Alberta Publishing Awards
University of Alberta Press was also honoured with the Mel Hurtig Publisher of the Year award.
Personnel change: Stephanie Sinclair to CookeMcDermid
With school libraries closed and staff redeployed, students and teachers will suffer
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