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September, 2011
$10,000 Lane Anderson Award Shortlist Announced
September, 2011
2011 Giller Prize Longlist Announced!
September, 2011
2011 Man Booker Shortlist Announced!
November, 2013
2013 Governor General Literary Awards Announced! Eleanor Catton continues winning streak!
January, 2016
2016 RBC Taylor Prize Announces Powerhouse Shortlist
November, 2014
A WINDOW INTO YA: Q + A with 3 2015 “WHITE PINE” NOMINEES (Part 1)
October, 2015
Acclaimed Biographer Rosemary Sullivan Wins $60,000 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Non-fiction
March, 2014
Amazon.ca First Novel Award Shortlist Announced!
November, 2015
André Alexis Wins Scotiabank Giller Prize for His Modern Fable, Fifteen Dogs
March, 2013
Andrew Preston wins the 2013 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction!
March, 2014
At the Desk: Anna Hope
June, 2014
At the Desk: Cheryl Cooper
July, 2015
Behind the Books, with Dundurn Press President Kirk Howard
December, 2012
Beloved Turtle Franklin Partners with SeaWorld
March, 2014
Bluewater Reading Series: NATIONAL POETRY MONTH READING
June, 2015
Book Summit Line Up to Feature Sue Gardner from Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women List
July, 2011
Booker Longlist Announced, Three Canadian Authors Featured!
October, 2013
Breaking News! Scotiabank Giller Prize Shortlist 2013 featuring Bock, Coady, Davidson, Moore & Vyleta!
September, 2015
Call for Submissions! The Humber Literary Review Launches Emerging Writers Competition
April, 2016
Call for Submissions! The Little Bird Writing Contest presented by Story is a State of Mind
August, 2016
Call for Submissions! The Walrus Poetry Prize is Now Open!
August, 2016
Call for Submissions! Tiny Tales Short Story Competition, Sponsored by Hendrink's Gin, Accepting Entries Until Sept 5
March, 2014
Canada Writes announces Finalists for the CBC Short Story Prize
October, 2012
Canada Writes Deadline is Quickly Approaching!
September, 2012
Canada Writes: CBC Poetry Prize Winner Announced!
September, 2015
Canada's Walk of Fame Festival adds Authors to a Stellar Line Up
February, 2016
Canadian Authors Celebrate Their Favourite Banned Books for Freedom to Read Week!
May, 2015
CanLit Icons and Fresh Voices Featured on the 2015 Trillium Book Award Shortlists!
January, 2015
CBC Announces Canada Reads Line Up with New Host Wab Kinew
March, 2014
CBC Canada Reads 2014 - The Halfway Mark!
March, 2014
CBC Canada Reads Interview Series: Donovan Bailey
February, 2014
CBC Canada Reads Interview Series: Samantha Bee
February, 2014
CBC Canada Reads Interview Series: Stephen Lewis
September, 2013
CBC Canada Writes Announces a Cross-Country list of Poetry Prize Finalists!
April, 2016
CBC Canada Writes Announces Short Fiction Prize Nominees, including 4 Ontario Writers!
November, 2012
CBC reveals the 2013 Canada Reads List!
August, 2016
City of Toronto announces Finalists for the Toronto Book Award
September, 2016
Contest! Grand Prize Non-Fiction Mega Book Package from The Word on the Street
September, 2016
Contest! Just for the Kids, an amazing Prize Pack from The Word on the Street!
October, 2015
Contest! Win a Passes to the New Goosebumps Movie + T-shirts!
September, 2016
Contest! Win a Prize Pack for the Whole Family From The Word on the Street
May, 2014
Contest! Win a set of the 2014 Trillium Award Nominated Books!
May, 2013
Contest! Win a Set of Trillium Nominated Books & Tickets to the Trillium Ceremony!
September, 2016
Contest! Win Fantastic, Mysterious Reads from The Word on the Street!
October, 2011
Contest! Win IFOA: Brantford Tickets and Books!
October, 2011
Contest! Win IFOA: Durham Tickets and Books!
October, 2011
Contest! Win IFOA: Markham Tickets and Books!
July, 2015
Contest! Win Tickets to a New Film Adaptation of Madame Bovary!
June, 2015
Contest! Win Tickets to a Special Screening of new Sherlock Film, Mr. Holmes!
August, 2011
Contest! Win Two Tickets to Toronto SpecFic Colloquium and a Copy of The Pattern Scars
June, 2016
Debut Poet Liz Howard and American Norman Dubie Awarded the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prizes
June, 2011
Don't Miss Jessica Westhead as Writer-in-Residence at Open Book: Toronto!
May, 2015
Dundurn Press' Kirk Howard wins 2015 Janice E. Handford Award
October, 2014
Editor Nita Pronovost & Author Brian Francis on the Top Mistakes Writers Make
December, 2014
Exclusive! Read the Winning Stories from The Write Across Ontario Contest for Young Writers!
May, 2014
Finalists Announced for the 2014 Trillium Book Awards!
July, 2011
Five Questions with Chris Faiers: PurdyFest 2011
October, 2014
Five Things Literary (& Haunted!): Hallowe'en Edition, with Mark Leslie
June, 2011
Five Things Literary: Ajax & Whitby, with Ingrid Ruthig
May, 2014
Five Things Literary: Hamilton, Ontario with Krista Foss
October, 2011
Five Things Literary: Mississauga with Robin Richardson
July, 2011
Five Things Literary: Ottawa, with Meghan Rose Allen
August, 2015
Free Canadian App Shelfie Allows Readers to Get Digital Editions of Their Hardcopy Books
February, 2014
Freedom to Read Week: What Freedom to Read Means to Me
March, 2014
Get Lit! Literature and Conversation for a Good Cause
June, 2015
Get Up Close and Personal with Trillium Award Nominated Authors!
October, 2015
Governor General's Literary Awards Announce Winners, Including Fiction Winner Guy Vanderhaeghe
April, 2014
Griffin Prize Shortlist Announced Featuring Carson, Goyette and Michaels
April, 2016
Griffin Prize Shortlist Announced, including debut poet Liz Howard
May, 2014
Guest Post! Robert Mugabe, yoga & witchcraft - A Guest Post & Excerpt from Lisa de Nikolits
June, 2014
Hillman, Carson Awarded 2014 Griffin Poetry Prize
May, 2014
Iconic Canadian Writer Farley Mowat Passes Away at Age 92
October, 2011
IFOA Ontario Interview Series, with Elizabeth Hay
October, 2011
IFOA Ontario Interview Series, with Jane Urquhart
October, 2011
IFOA Ontario Interview Series, with Lynn Coady
October, 2011
IFOA Ontario Interview Series, with Madeleine Thien
October, 2011
IFOA Ontario Interview Series, with Patrick DeWitt
October, 2011
IFOA Ontario Interview Series, with Peter Behrens
October, 2011
IFOA Ontario Interview Series: Polly Horvath
October, 2011
IFOA Ontario Interview Series: Stephen Kelman
October, 2011
IFOA Ontario Partners Interview Series, with Hazel Lyder
October, 2011
IFOA Ontario Partners Interview Series, with Lenore Langs
October, 2011
IFOA Ontario Partners Interview Series, with Susan Start
October, 2014
IFOA Podcast: Michael Crummey on Storytelling
March, 2014
IFOA to partner with Humber for Academic Conference & Educational Programming
August, 2011
In Memoriam: Jack Layton - Politician, Activist and Author
March, 2016
Job Posting: The Ontario Book Publishers Organization is Hiring an Event Manager (temporary contract)
April, 2016
John Ibbitson wins Shaughnessy Cohen Political Writing Prize for Stephen Harper Biography
June, 2016
Kevin Hardcastle & Soraya Peerbaye win 2016 Trillium Book Awards
September, 2011
Kingston WritersFest Interview Series: Barbara Bell
September, 2011
Kingston WritersFest Interview Series: Cynthia Holz
September, 2011
Kingston WritersFest Interview Series: Daniel David Moses
September, 2011
Kingston WritersFest Interview Series: Diane Schoemperlen
September, 2011
Kingston WritersFest Interview Series: Sarah Tsiang
September, 2011
Kingston WritersFest Interview Series: Y.S. Lee
April, 2016
Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Shortlist Announced
January, 2012
Kobo: Discover Canadian Talent First and Win!
February, 2016
Koffler Centre for the Arts launches Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature
June, 2015
League of Canadian Poets Announces Annual Poetry Prizes Honouring Spoken Word, Debut Poets and More!
June, 2016
Literary Prize News: Talented Authors Honoured in History, Poetry, LGBTQ Writing & More!
June, 2016
Marianne Dubuc and Susan Nielsen win 40th anniversary Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards
September, 2015
Mark Raynes Roberts' Illumination Project Shines a Light on Canadian Authors & Literature
July, 2011
Muskoka Bookhouse Launches New Online Store
October, 2014
Naomi Klein Wins $60,000 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction!
January, 2015
New Poll! What is Your Favourite Format in which to Read a Book?
August, 2011
New Poll: About Which Fall Literary Event Are You Most Excited?
September, 2015
NEW SERIES! The Entitled Interview with Anakana Schofield
August, 2011
On Writing, with Alma Fullerton
October, 2011
On Writing, with Anthony Bidulka
June, 2011
On Writing, with Gregor Robinson
November, 2011
On Writing, with Jill Battson
July, 2014
On Writing, with Jordan St. John
May, 2014
On Writing, with Mark Coakley
November, 2011
On Writing, with Mike Brophy
November, 2011
On Writing, with Nan Forler
June, 2011
On Writing, with Pan Bouyoucas
August, 2011
On Writing, with Rebecca Bender
October, 2011
On Writing, with Shane Peacock
July, 2011
On Writing: the Short Story Edition, with Dawn Promislow
July, 2011
On Writing: the Short Story Edition, with Mike Spry
July, 2011
On Writing: the Short Story Edition, with Shelia McClarty
March, 2014
One-Woman Play Scoops Kobzar Literary Award
July, 2012
Open Book Recommends: The Summer Reading Edition
July, 2011
Opportunity for Playwrights: She Said Yes Theatre Company
July, 2014
Patti-Kay Hamilton of Northwest Territories Wins CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize!
April, 2014
Paul Wells Book on Harper Wins Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
March, 2015
Plum Johnson Captures the 2015 RBC Taylor Prize for Non-Fiction
April, 2015
Poetry Month Special: Talking About Poetry with Anansi Poets A. F. Moritz, Erin Mouré and Karen Solie
August, 2011
Poets in Profile: David Hickey
March, 2014
RBC Taylor Prize Interview Series: Charlotte Gray
March, 2014
RBC Taylor Prize Interview Series: David Stouck
March, 2014
RBC Taylor Prize Interview Series: Graeme Smith
March, 2014
RBC Taylor Prize Interview Series: J.B. MacKinnon
March, 2014
RBC Taylor Prize Interview Series: Thomas King
July, 2015
Read an Excerpt from Brenda Leifso's Barren the Fury
March, 2015
Read an Excerpt from Carellin Brooks' One Hundred Days of Rain
December, 2015
Read an Excerpt from Jean Marc Ah-Sen's Grand Menteur
August, 2015
Read an Excerpt from Monica Heisey's I Can't Believe It's Not Better
August, 2011
Roald Dahl Day Story-Writing Contest!
March, 2016
Rosemary Sullivan wins the 2016 RBC Taylor Prize to sweep the year for Non-Fiction!
May, 2016
Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award Shortlists Announced
September, 2016
Scotiabank Giller Prize Announces a Powerful Longlist for 2016
October, 2015
Scotiabank Giller Prize Jury Reveals Surprising Shortlist
September, 2016
Shortlist announced for $75,000 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature
May, 2016
SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2015 DANUTA GLEED LITERARY AWARD
January, 2012
Shortlist for 2012 Charles Taylor Prize Announced
July, 2015
Special Feature! Artist Tacita Dean on Her Correspondence with JG Ballard
March, 2016
Special Feature! Badami, Hill & Lindberg Books Remain to Battle It Out on CBC Canada Reads
February, 2015
Special Feature! Bernice Eisenstein on Contributing to Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross
January, 2015
Special Feature! Books Lovers Ball Guest Authors Dish on Favourite Reads, Going Black Tie & More!
April, 2015
Special Feature! Claire Grady-Smith on Freelance Publicity for Authors - The Why & The How
March, 2016
Special Feature! Clara Hughes Wins an Unprecendented Second CBC Canada Reads Victory for Lawrence Hill
February, 2015
Special Feature! Dennis Lee Talks About His New Children's Book, Canadian Publishing & More
June, 2015
Special Feature! Discussion with All Seven Griffin Poetry Prize Finalists
April, 2016
Special Feature! Friends of Toronto's Type Books Look Back on 10 Years of Indie Bookselling
December, 2014
Special Feature! Hockey Lovers Interview with David Ward, Greg Oliver, Richard Kamchen & Ken Reid
April, 2016
Special Feature! Interview with FOLD Festival Director Jael Richardson
April, 2016
Special Feature! Interview with FOLD Festival Guest Author Chase Joynt
May, 2016
Special Feature! Interview with FOLD Festival Guest Author Jay Pitter
July, 2015
Special Feature! Joseph Boyden on Place and Landscape in His Writing - an AGO Lecture Preview
December, 2015
Special Feature! Josh Massey on His Literary Places
September, 2015
Special Feature! Pedlar Press interviews Stan Dragland about Newfoundland Culture & Arts
May, 2015
Special Feature! Poet on Poet: Marcus McCann's homage to David McGimpsey
April, 2016
Special Feature! Talking About Hamilton's Literary Culture with gritLIT Director Jennifer Gillies
May, 2016
Special Feature! Talking About Poetry with the Griffin Prize Finalists
May, 2015
Special Feature! TIFF Books on Film: Acclaimed Screenwriter Allan Scott on Don't Look Now
April, 2016
Special Feature! We Asked Canadian Poets About their Favourite Poems for National Poetry Month
March, 2014
Special Feature: Interview with CBC Canada Writes Winner Jane Eaton Hamilton
August, 2015
Special Feature: Michel Chikwanine discusses Graphic Novel Memoir Child Soldier
March, 2016
Special Feature: Pedlar Press' Beth Follett Speaks with Author and Filmmaker Anne Golden
March, 2016
Special Feature: The 2016 RBC Taylor Prize Nominees on Writing Non-Fiction
November, 2015
Special Feature: The Shaken and the Stirred - Canadian Poets Rock the UK
November, 2015
Special Feature: The Wordplay Festival's Kaitlin Tremblay on the intersection of video games and literature
March, 2014
Special Interview: CBC Canada Writes Jurors Colin McAdam and Kathleen Winter on What Makes a Great Short Story
April, 2014
Special Interview: Joanna Poblocka on National Poetry Month
April, 2014
Special Interview: Shyam Selvadurai on Bonham Centre Award & LGBT Writing in Canada
February, 2014
Special Valentine's Feature: Editors Dish on Their Literary Crushes!
February, 2014
SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR POETRY NOW: 6th ANNUAL BATTLE OF THE BARDS
October, 2011
Ten Questions, with Allison Baggio
June, 2011
Ten Questions, with Delia De Santis
June, 2011
Ten Questions, with Doug Larson
August, 2011
Ten Questions, with Edward Butts
July, 2011
Ten Questions, with Gary Anderson
August, 2011
Ten Questions, with John Bacher
July, 2011
Ten Questions, with John Moss
August, 2011
Ten Questions, with Lt.-Col. John Conrad
November, 2011
Ten Questions, with Mike Leonetti
November, 2011
Ten Questions, with Sheila Dalton
October, 2011
Ten Questions, with Steven Heighton
August, 2011
The Fish Quill Poetry Boat Interview Series, with Abigail Lapell
August, 2011
The Fish Quill Poetry Boat Interview Series, with Asa Boxer
August, 2011
The Fish Quill Poetry Boat Interview Series, with Gabe Foreman
July, 2011
The Fish Quill Poetry Boat Interview Series, with Helen Guri
August, 2011
The Fish Quill Poetry Boat Interview Series, with Linda Besner
March, 2014
The Orenda Crowned 2014 CBC Canada Reads Champion!
November, 2011
The Proust Questionnaire, with Carey Toane
July, 2011
The Proust Questionnaire, with Jack Bootle
August, 2011
The Proust Questionnaire, with Mark Frutkin
September, 2011
The Proust Questionnaire, with Stephanie Bolster
November, 2011
The Proust Questionnaire, with Valerie Sherrard
March, 2014
The Shaughnessy Cohen Prize Series, with Charles Montgomery
March, 2014
The Shaughnessy Cohen Prize Series, with Donald J. Savoie
March, 2014
The Shaughnessy Cohen Prize Series, with Graeme Smith
March, 2014
The Shaughnessy Cohen Prize Series, with Margaret MacMillan
April, 2014
The Shaughnessy Cohen Prize Series, with Paul Wells
February, 2014
The Writers' Trust Announces 2014 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize Finalists!
September, 2016
The Writers' Trust announces Intriguing & Unexpected Shortlist for $25,000 Rogers Fiction Prize
March, 2014
Thomas King Awarded 2014 RBC Taylor Prize!
May, 2014
TIFF Books on Film: Eleanor Wachtel Chats with Yiyun Li
February, 2015
TIFF's Books on Film series returns with Kazuo Ishiguro, Irvine Welsh & More
June, 2015
Vancouver Poet Jane Munro Wins the 2015 Griffin Prize
September, 2015
Vancouver's Carrie Mac Wins CBC Canada Writes Non-Fiction Prize
September, 2016
Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature Shortlist Announced!
March, 2014
Walrus Foundation Offers Free E-Book Download for Canada Water Week
March, 2016
Welcome Kevin! Kevin Hardcastle joins Open Book as Editorial Assistant
March, 2016
Winnipeg author Maurice Mierau wins 2016 Kobzar Literary Award
September, 2016
Writers' Trust announces Journey Prize nominees!
May, 2016
Writers' Trust announces RBC Bronwen Wallace Shortlist
September, 2015
Writers' Trust announces Rogers Fiction Prize & Journey Prize shortlists
November, 2015
Writers' Trust Awards Inaugral $50,000 Fellowship to Newfoundland Author Michael Crummey
November, 2014
Writers' Trust Gala Guest Authors on Celebrating Margaret Atwood's 75th Birthday!
January, 2013
Writers' Trust Names Future Berton House Writers-in-Residence
June, 2016
Writers' Trust Names Rising Literary Star Brendan Bowles Winner of the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award
September, 2012
Writers' Trust Prizes Lists Announced!
