Heated Rivalry’s Rachel Reid joins the fray in protesting the Nova Scotia provincial budget cuts to arts and culture
Increasing funding for the arts and culture would also have beneficial health and educational outcomes.
Backlash grows to arts cuts in Nova Scotia’s austerity budget, with protests planned for Wednesday
The budget slashed $130 million in grants as part of an attempt to reduce the $1.2 billion provincial deficit.
The Washington Post shutters its books section among massive layoffs
The move is particularly ironic given that Bezos made his billions off an internet retail site dedicated to selling books.
Oh, Canada: Former CBC head Richard Stursberg critiques our current literary climate in a new long essay
Stursberg diagnoses a number of maladies causing our current situation, some more persuasive than others.
Rivkah Books, Rebecca Eckler’s new imprint for Jewish authors, is a “cultural intervention” at an urgent time
"The timing of launching Rivkah is not a coincidence. It's the point."
“A grand experiment”: Assembly Press and Brick Books merger is an attempt to streamline operations at both companies
Nash and Munce do not envision Brick as an imprint of Assembly; rather, they see the two presses working independently under a shared operational umbrella.
New Anansi board is a move toward “strategic” collaboration, says owner Scott Griffin
Griffin denies any conflict of interest between Anansi and Sutherland House.
Semareh Al-Hillal out at Anansi, new Board of Directors includes Kenneth Whyte and Martha Sharpe
An email dated October 8, 2025 and sent on behalf of Anansi publisher Karen Brochu outlines the changes.
Survival skills: In his memoir A Precarious Enterprise, former D&M co-founder Scott McIntyre reflects on the roller coaster that is Canadian independent publishing
McIntyre's book should serve as an inspiring corrective to anyone who believes that Canadian publishing is a failing endeavour.
Lindsay Wong partners with Arsenal Pulp in initiative to support emerging BIPOC writers
"It's so hard to get published if you're writing from a racialized and marginalized identity."