Independent Canadian publishers respond to Trump’s tariffs with caution, confusion
The chaotic nature of the tariff rollout, while not surprising from the Trump administration, is nevertheless a challenge in trying to determine how best to respond.
House of Anansi’s Spiderline imprint is undergoing a rebrand, branching out into other genres
The inaugural title in Spiderline's "new direction" was An Ordinary Violence by Adriana Chartrand.
Remembering Andrew Pyper, the bestselling author who shattered boundaries between literary and genre fiction
“When you look back in fifty years on the great writers in Canadian literature, I think he’s going to have to be included in that.”
Fifteen worthy reads from a tough year
Even in a year fraught with anxiety and discord, writers connected with readers to provide succour, solace, entertainment, and provocation.
Charges withdrawn for four of five protesters arrested after 2023 Giller Gala disruption
Maysam Abu Khreibeh, a Palestinian writer and organizer, called the 2023 protest the "bare minimum" that could be done to push back against the ongoing conflict in Gaza
Students at Sheridan College launch a campaign to rescue the Creative Writing and Publishing program
"I think the preservation of administrative salaries at the upper echelons is the priority."
Sheung-King wins Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for Batshit Seven; Martha Baillie takes nonfiction award
Sheung-King's win completes the trifecta for Penguin Random House Canada, which published each of the three big fiction prize winners this year.
Anne Michaels wins the 2024 Giller Prize while protesters stage a “counter-gala” outside the Park Hyatt in Toronto
The counter-gala was organized by CanLit Responds and the activist group No Arms in the Arts.
“We’re going to buy The Porcupine’s Quill”: Gordon Hill Press publisher Jeremy Luke Hill on how the Guelph publisher purchased one of Ontario’s most storied small presses
Gordon Hill purchased PQL and will become a vertically integrated unit – a single company with two imprints.
Griffin Prize winner Jordan Abel takes the 2024 Governor General’s Award for English-language Fiction
M&S had a good day, also taking home the nonfiction prize in English.