Poet Tom Wayman has been named the winner of the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize. The annual $10,000 prize, administered by the Al Purdy A-Frame Association, was established in 2024 by Purdy’s ...

Crime Writers of Canada has announced the 2026 finalists for the Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence in Canadian ...

I knew something was up when I grew a beard in the fifth grade. Overnight.” So begins the new middle-grade reader from ...

Four different publishers rejected Stella, Star of the Sea. The picture book, which would turn into a series, an animated ...

Five books have been shortlisted for the 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize. The winner of the $130,000 prize will be named on June 3 at the Griffin Poetry Prize Readings in Toronto. The runners-up will each ...

The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) has released its shortlists for the annual Aurora Awards. The awards honour sci-fi, fantasy and horror writing in 10 categories, and work ...

Three writers have been shortlisted in each of three categories, with the winners to be named at a ceremony in Toronto on June 1. Category finalists will each receive $2,500.

As part of their 50th anniversary celebrations, the CCBC invited Canadian children's book illustrators from across Canada to ...

Kingston WritersFest has appointed novelist and journalist Bruce Geddes as its new festival director. Geddes assumes the role ...

Over the course of three instalments, Q&Q presents the titles we’re most excited about this spring. This week’s instalment features nonfiction books. Last week’s instalment looked at this season’s ...

Nova Scotia-based graphic novel publisher Conundrum Press has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help finance the printing costs of a forthcoming anthology in the wake of budget cuts to the ...