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.

The five panellists for this year’s competition – and the books each panellist has chosen to champion – will be announced on Jan. 22.

Catherine Quaglia and Dana Corbett are not new to bookselling. But after decades of dreaming about owning their own ...

Lawyer and activist and author Michelle Good and children’s author Elizabeth MacLeod are among the literary and publishing world’s recently appointed Members of the Order of Canada for 2025. Governor ...

Jack Wang’s The Riveter unfolds as a haunting wartime epic destined for the Canadian canon. Josiah Chang yearns for Poppy Miller, yet discriminatory laws forbid their marriage. Choosing to prove his ...

P.S. Literary Agency is capping off a month-long celebration of its 20-year anniversary with the announcement of a new scholarship for emerging writers. The agency turned 20 in November, and announced ...

Two writers have been shortlisted for the 2025 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. The finalists, announced on Nov. 7 by Wilfrid Laurier University, are both titles from indie publishers – ...

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On October 27, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) announced the winners of the 2025 CCBC Book Awards at a ceremony held at DoubleTree by Hilton’s downtown Toronto location. Presented for the ...

Nahid Kazemi is an artist, graphic designer, and illustrator with a master’s degree in painting. She has published more than 70 books, including The Sour Cherry Tree, which won the Governor General’s ...

Five books have been shortlisted for the 2024 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. This year, the Writers’ Trust has announced that the purse for the annual prize will rise to $70,000, with ...

The finalists for the 2025 CCBC Book Awards have been announced. Handed out by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, the seven awards celebrate exceptional books for young people.