Dear Agony Editor, I’m a book blogger. Recently, a writer emailed me to complain about a negative review I posted for his ...

The Kingston Writers Festival is no more. In a press release issued this month, the festival announced it was closing because of "mounting financial pressures," caused in part by reduced attendance ...

Six Canadian books are among the 71 titles longlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award. This year marks the 30th for the €100,000 prize, which is worth about $147,000. The longlist features books ...

New Star Books is closing down. In a statement posted to the Vancouver-based independent press’s website earlier this week, publisher Rolf Maurer said he had made the “painful decision” to wind down ...

The Giller Prize has announced its jury for the 2025 prize. Author and creative writing professor Dionne Irving will chair the jury for this year’s prize. She was shortlisted for the Giller in 2023 ...

CBC’s Canada Reads has released its longlist for this year’s battle of the books. The theme this year is books that change how we see, share and experience the world around us. The five panellists for ...

The last time I emailed Andrew Pyper it was to send a fan letter. I had spent part of the holiday break reading William, the novel he published last September under the pseudonym Mason Coile. Pyper ...

Second Story Press has a new owner and publisher. After decades at the helm, co-founder and publisher Margie Wolfe has transferred ownership of the Toronto-based feminist and social-justice-driven ...

When I look back at my early days as a writer, there’s one thing that I wish someone would have told me because I now see how it could have changed my life: Define success for yourself. I remember ...

In a statement posted to the Vancouver-based independent press’s website earlier this week, publisher Rolf Maurer said he had made the “painful decision” to wind down the press’s operations.