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Five Bold Voices Highlight the 2025 Giller Prize Shortlist

The Giller Prize has announced its 2025 shortlist, spotlighting five extraordinary writers whose novels capture the imagination, intellect, and emotional depth that define Canadian storytelling. Now in ...

Celebrated Poet Robyn Sarah Returns After a Decade with a Brand New Collection, WE'RE SOMEWHERE ELSE NOW

Today on Open Book, we're featuring the new poetry collection, We’re Somewhere Else Now: Poems 2016–2024 (Biblioasis). This is a triumphant return from Robyn Sarah, and her first book of new poems ...

Laura MacGregor Wins 2025 CBC Nonfiction Prize for The Invisible Woman

CBC Books, in partnership with the Canada Council for the Arts and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, has named Laura MacGregor of Waterloo, Ontario the winner of the 2025 CBC Nonfiction Prize for ...

In Defense of Procrastination

The procrastinating author is a time-honoured trope. For me personally, I’m at my most productive with other tasks (vacuuming, crocheting, washing dishes, doing laundry, clearing up clutter) when I ...

Finalists Announced for the 2025 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize

The Writers’ Trust of Canada has revealed the shortlist for the 2025 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, honouring novels and short story collections that stretch the boundaries of narrative ...

OBPO Launches SUPPORT ONTARIO PUBLISHERS Campaign to Bring More Canadian Books Into Ontario Schools

The Ontario Book Publishers Organization (OBPO) has launched a new campaign calling for more Canadian books in Ontario classrooms. The initiative, Support Ontario Publishers, aims to ensure that students ...

Meet the Finalists for the 2025 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction

Meet the Finalists for the 2025 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for NonfictionThe Writers’ Trust of Canada has unveiled the shortlist for the 2025 edition of the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust ...

Read an Excerpt from ACCIDENTS AFTER HAPPENING, the New Poetry Collection by Robert Priest

Robert Priest returns with Accidents After Happening (ECW Press), a bold and expansive new poetry collection that explores the complicated beauty of what it means to feel, fully and completely. With ...

Spend Some Time AT THE RESCUE CAT CAFÉ with Award-WInning Author Anna Humphrey

Step inside the Rescue Cat Café and you’ll quickly discover it’s no ordinary hangout. This cozy spot is alive with whiskers, purrs, and personalities as varied as the cats themselves. There’s Henry, ...

In Andrew Kaufman's New Short Story Collection, A Small Town Motel Can't Help but Transform Each and Every Guest

Award-winning, bestselling author Andrew Kaufman returns with Enjoy Your Stay at the Shamrock Motel (Coach House Books), an absurdist collection of short fiction that will challenge and delight readers ...