Session topics will include “how learning language model systems are built (including the risks of biases and hallucinations), demonstrate how AI-powered chatbots can transform creative writing, and spotlight the ethical challenges of AI.”
Agency and distribution change: Sterling Publishing/Union Square & Co.
Rights deals: Jasmeen A. Siddiqui, Carol Bruneau + six more
Longlist announced for $150K Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
Five Canadian authors and one translator are among those longlisted.
UBC’s George Bowering Collection and Reading Room meets fundraising goal
Fundraising for the project’s $500,000 price tag began in 2023, but the project was short more than $300,000 as of late November.
U.S. tariffs come into effect but books exempt: Friesens
“We have confirmed the exemption and our shipments across the border today were smooth and tariff free,” CEO Chad Friesen told Q&Q by email late on March 4.
Westwood Creative Artists acquired by Jake Babad and Hilary McMahon
Agent Bruce Westwood dies at 84
Rights deals: Nicholas Herring
Tim Cook among authors shortlisted for 2025 Lionel Gelber Prize
This year’s winner of the $50,000 award will be announced on March 19.
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