Canadian booksellers have united to ask the prime minister to exempt books from the 25 per cent counter-tariffs that are due to take effect on a further $125 billion worth of goods imported into Canada from the U.S. on April 2.
March 21, 2025 at 04:33pm | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry News
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on May 31, in conjunction with the annual WordSpring writing festival in Fredericton.
March 21, 2025 at 02:55pm | Filed under: Awards, Industry News
March 20, 2025 at 06:20pm | Filed under: Deals, Industry News
Ma-Nee Chacaby’s A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder was championed by podcaster and wellness advocate Shayla Stonechild.
March 20, 2025 at 12:09pm | Filed under: Awards, Industry News
March 19, 2025 at 05:11pm | Filed under: Industry News, Personnel changes
March 19, 2025 at 05:11pm | Filed under: Industry News, Personnel changes
A five-book shortlist will be announced on April 3, with the winner to be named at a ceremony in Toronto on June 4.
March 19, 2025 at 01:35pm | Filed under: Awards, Industry News
March 19, 2025 at 12:36pm | Filed under: Excerpt
Radchenko’s To Run the World: The Kremlin’s Cold War Bid for Global Power (Cambridge University Press) was one of five books shortlisted for this year’s $50,000 award.
March 19, 2025 at 10:00am | Filed under: Awards, Industry News
March 18, 2025 at 04:07pm | Filed under: Industry News, Personnel changes
To celebrate the award’s 25th anniversary, this year two $12,500 prizes will be awarded: one to a work of fiction and one to a work of nonfiction.
March 17, 2025 at 05:06pm | Filed under: Awards, Industry News
March 17, 2025 at 03:43pm | Filed under: Deals, Industry News
March 17, 2025 at 02:40pm | Filed under: Industry News, Personnel changes
March 14, 2025 at 05:42pm | Filed under: Deals, Industry News
After more than 40 years at the Harbourfront Centre, the festival is moving elsewhere and striking out on its own as an independent organization as of April 1.
March 13, 2025 at 12:19pm | Filed under: Industry News
The award, an annual scholarship of $3,000 over five years, will support students in the UBC Forestry’s Bachelor of Indigenous Land Stewardship program “who demonstrate a strong commitment to holistic and sustainable natural resource management.”
March 12, 2025 at 10:44am | Filed under: Awards, Industry News
Enough funds raised to address the financial obligations of the 2024 festival.
March 11, 2025 at 03:50pm | Filed under: Industry News
March 11, 2025 at 03:49pm | Filed under: Address changes
Shortlist to be released on March 31, with the winner announced on April 21, to coincide with the 25th anniversary of Al Purdy’s death.
March 11, 2025 at 02:42pm
March 10, 2025 at 06:04pm | Filed under: Awards
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