February 19, 2025

FEATURE STORY

Award-winning novelist Omar El Akkad re-examines his relationship with the West in new nonfiction book

"There are things that I believed about this part of the world – about its institutions, about its load-bearing beams – that, at least to me, feel like they no longer hold," he says.

LATEST INDUSTRY NEWS

Tundra Book Group announces Indigenous-focused children’s imprint Swift Water Books

Swift Water Books is led by editorial director David A. Robertson and will publish a range of children’s books, including picture books, graphic novels, middle grade, and young adult fiction.

Indie booksellers Fincher’s and Forster’s Book Garden to close

Freedom to Read Week 2025 kicks off with day of digital action

At 12 p.m. EST on Feb. 24, libraries and champions of intellectual freedom are encouraged to participate by posting to social media with the hashtags #FTRW25 and #FreedomToRead to demonstrate a shared commitment to intellectual freedom.

Rights deal: Kim Spencer

Personnel change: Kids Can Press

2024 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award finalists revealed

The award is presented to a Canadian illustrator in recognition of outstanding artistic talent.

Al Purdy A-frame reopens to writers-in-residence

The home in Ameliasburgh, Ont., will host nine writers in 2025, including the inaugural recipient of the Steven Heighton Fellowship.

Rights deal: Caroline Pignat

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