2026 Spring Preview: Books for Young People – Picture Books
Former Vancouver Writers Fest artistic director and CBC host Hal Wake dead at 73
Wake was the artistic director of the Vancouver Writers Fest from 2006 to 2017.
Bestsellers: Top 10 Paperback Fiction, January 4–10 2026
Orca Book Publishers acquires Polestar Calendars
Personnel changes: Kids Can Press
Andre Alexis shortlisted for 2026 Story Prize
The $20,000 (U.S.) prize is awarded annually for the best short-story collection published originally in English in the U.S the previous year.
Rights deals: Danyael Halprin and Michael Otis
Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada
Giller Prize names all-indie bookseller jury for 2026 prize
For the first time, the Giller Prize has named a jury made entirely of independent Canadian booksellers in what the prize calls “a radical reimagining” of its selection process.
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