Canadian writers Cherie Dimaline and Ivan Coyote are among the five-person jury for this year’s Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. The jury, announced on Feb. 3, will be chaired by American writer Carme ...

In this final instalment of the spring preview, Q&Q presents young adult and nonfiction titles. Last week’s instalment featured middle grade and graphic novels. The first instalment featured picture ...

Over the course of three instalments, Q&Q presents the titles we’re most excited about this spring. This week’s instalment ...

Over the course of three instalments, Q&Q presents the titles we’re most excited about this spring. This week’s instalment ...

The inaugural winner of the $25,000 Nancy Flight Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Editing will be named at the Writers' Trust Awards in November.

Pay Attention One of the greatest teachings I received in psychiatric nursing school was to pay attention. This teaching ...

In this second of three preview instalments, Q&Q presents middle grade and graphic novels. Young adult novels and nonfiction ...

The first line of “The Bailiffs Arrive with Their Grey Eyes,” the last story in Mark Anthony Jarman’s latest collection, compares the incidents about to unfold to “some forgotten folk tale.” It’s a ...

Kate and Joel Simpson have bought Curiosity House Books, the independent bookseller located in Creemore, Ontario. They take ownership of the store at the end of January. Rina Barone and Chris Dunk had ...

The three Canadian titles are: The Sunshine Project by Uma Krishnaswami and Julianna Swaney, ill. (Groundwood Books) In the PreK–Grade 2 category, Aldana Libros, an imprint of Greystone Kids, was also ...

Five novels have been named to the 2026 CBC Canada Reads shortlist. The annual battle of the books, now in its 25th year, will be take place from April 13 to 16.

The Republic of Consciousness Prize, U.S. and Canada, now in its fourth year, celebrates literary merit in small-press books. A five-book shortlist will be announced on Feb. 24.