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Excerpt: Glimpse into Audrée Wilhelmy's Stunning and Mysterious Novel The Body of the Beasts

The strange, dark, and beautiful world of Audrée Wilhelmy's The Body of the Beasts (House of Anansi Press, translated by Susan Ouriou) is an utterly captivating one. In the novel, the Borya family ...

"The Best Part is Having Someone By Your Side" KidLit Dream Team Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault on Life as Co-Creators

The powerhouse team of writer Fanny Britt and illustrator Isabelle Arsenault, highly decorated for their work both together and individually, is the kind of thing literary dreams are made of. Their newest ...

A Precarious Enterprise: Making a Life in Canadian Publishing Book Launch

Contest! Win a Prize Pack of Original Works from Brick Books

Three incredible poets: Julie Bruck, Deanna Young, and Susan Gillis. Each one has a brand new collection out this fall: Brucks' How to Avoid Huge Ships, Young's Reunion, and Gillis' Yellow Crane. It's ...

Back to School Contest! Enter to Win the Complete Speak Out Series from Groundwood Books!

Groundwood Books, one of the most celebrated children's publishers in Canada, is kicking off back to school season with a fantastic giveaway of their Speak Out series. All four titles in the series will ...

Celebrate Latin American Heritage Month by Entering to Win Great Kids' Books from Groundwood Books

October is Latin American Heritage Month in Canada and we're excited to celebrate the wealth of great literature by Latin American writers, courtesy of Groundwood Books. Just in time for cozy reading ...

Photos from the Griffin Poetry Prize Gala!

It is Canadian poetry's sparkling night and it happens once a year - the Griffin Poetry Prize Gala is a highlight of the literary calendar when poets and poetry lovers alike can don their finest threads ...

Photos! Poets go Glam at the Griffin Prize Gala

There's no bigger bash for poetry (or arguably, for books in Canada) than the Griffin Prize Gala - and no better place to see your favourite poets cut a rug. On June 8, 2017 poets, publishers, book media, ...

CBC Canada Reads Announces Ali Hassan as Host + Theme and Longlist for 2017

The 2017 iteration of CBC's popular battle of the books, Canada Reads, will be hosted by actor ad comedian Ali Hassan, and will tackle the question "What is the one book Canadians need now?” Last year's ...

Amazon Announces First Novel Award Shortlist

The Amazon First Novel Award returns this year with an even bigger prize purse: the winner will receive $60,000 and each of the six finalists will receive $6,000 in prize money.The winner will be ...