Rights deals: Phoenix Poon, Natasha Mihell + one more
Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada
New genre fiction prize honours late writer Andrew Pyper
The annual $20,000 Andrew Pyper Prize for Genre Fiction is an independent prize that will be administered in partnership with the Writers’ Trust of Canada.
Personnel changes: The Rights Factory
14 books longlisted for 2026 Giller Prize
The shortlist for the $100,000 prize will be announced on Oct. 5, with the winner to be named at a gala in Toronto on Nov. 16.
Five books shortlisted for the 2026 Toronto Book Awards
The shortlist includes four novels, including a YA romance title, and one non-fiction crime and legal history.
Amal El-Mohtar and Elis Montgomery win Hugo Awards
Ottawa-based El-Mohtar won the best novella category for The River Has Roots. Vancouver-based Montgomery won the best poem category for “Hex Supply Customer Support Log” published in Strange Horizons.
Rights deals: Tom Jokinen, Charles Demers + four more
Six books shortlisted for 2026 Vancouver Book Award
The winner of the annual $3,000 prize that recognizes a book of any genre that contributes to an understanding of the city’s people and places will be named on Nov. 21.
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