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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 ...

A High-School Teacher Goes into Labour During a Fraught Lockdown in Heather Birrell's Debut Novel

Acclaimed short story author Heather Birrell has made a name for herself in the CanLit scene with a raft of short fiction published in journals far and wide, and her first two impressive collections ...

Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Trillium Book Awards!

The winners of the prestigious  Trillium Book Awards  have just been announced for 2025, with some fantastic established and emerging voices honored this year. This prestigious Award is the province’s ...

Read an Excerpt from The Road to Goderich by Linda McQuaig

Bestselling author and renowned journalist Linda McQuaig is back this summer with a gripping historical novel set against the backdrop of the 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion. It's an epic drama that will ...

The Winner of the 2025 Amazon First Novel Award Has Been Revealed!

The winner of the 2025 Amazon First Novel Award is Valérie Bah, author of Subterrane (Esplanade Books/Véhicule Press), as revealed in yet another majestic CanLit event that took place at the spectacular ...