Marie-Louise Gay never intended for Stella, Star of the Sea to be the springboard for a series, but as she was writing, she realized she wanted “the characters discovering the world, not just the ocean. Read the feature interview here: https://bit.ly/42lKx2P
Suzanne Simard, David Suzuki and Ian Hanington, Omar El Akkad, and Melissa Auf der Maur all feature in this weeks Quill&Quire/Bookmanager Nonfiction chart. Click here for the top 10: https://bit.ly/3OAVomo
Photo of man with white hair and glasses, in blue-striped white shirt against a backdrop of greenery with headline that Tom Wayman wins the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize.
The $10,000 prize recognizes the most outstanding new book of poetry published in Canada in 2025 by an established poet with five or more published poetry collections. Read the full story here: quillandquire.com/omni/
The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, the world’s largest English-language literary prize for women and non-binary writers, has announced its shortlist. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4cnyUON
Judith Thompson, the multiple award-winning playwright of such works as The Crackwalker, White Biting Dog, and most recently, Queen Maeve, expertly builds tension in her debut novel, In Crow’s Field. Read Stacey May Fowles review here: https://bit.ly/4cz2NdU
Yann Martel, Heather Marshall, Billy-Ray Belcourt and Heather Fawcett feature in this weeks Quill & Quire/Bookmanager Canadian Fiction Bestsellers. Click here for the Top 10 https://bit.ly/4sCJPsQ
When We Go Home offers a beautiful story of the in-betweenness that young readers living in diasporas may feel. Read the full review here: https://bit.ly/3OK5T6U
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Jennifer LoveGrove’s The Tinder Sonnets confronts moral selectivity and sexual violence. Read Molly Cross-Blanchard's starred review here: https://bit.ly/4uaf9R1
The Donner Prize, the award recognizing the best public policy book by a Canadian, announces the shortlist for the 2025-26 prize. Click here for the full list: https://bit.ly/4epyh8J
Finalists have been named for the 2026 B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes. Click here for the full lists: https://bit.ly/4tH150P
"...the beating heart of Spying on America is Bill Gaston's love and respect for his family, his reckoning with his own changing realities, and his sheer, unfettered joy at the oddness of the world and the people it contains." Read the full review here: https://bit.ly/4vD5d43
"the illustrations are a delight, and Samuel O. Dictionary is a memorable character who truly commands he page – and now, a spot on the shelf." Read the full review of Vi Hughes and Lydia Ramsey's Along Came an Aardvark at the link https://bit.ly/4ebzErp
“My family didn’t want to talk about the fact that we were an astronaut family... and in the ’80s, when I was growing up, there was no term for it... when there isn’t language for something, it’s very difficult to process feeling.” Click here for the feature: https://bit.ly/4cjFQeE
Click here for an excerpt from The Cloud That Stuck by Karen Krossing and Dorothy Leung
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Jon Klassen, Robert Munsch, Linda Bailey and Joe Bluhm, all feature in our preview of this weeks Quill&Quire/Bookmanager Canadian Books for Young Readers chart. Click here for the complete Top 10 https://bit.ly/3PXuG7W
Curtis Campbell's new book features a gay teenage would-be investigative reporter who is angry, reckless, and too smart for his own good. Read the review here:
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Derek Beaulieu's new collection publishes on April 7. Read an excerpt here: https://bit.ly/4v79agQ
Five Canadian authors are on this weeks Quill & Quire/Bookmanager New Releases. Click here for the Top 10:
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A.F. Moritz’s The Wren is a book of Zen koans written by an urban monk posing as a poet. Read the starred review by Micheline Maylor here:
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Griffin Poetry Prize seeks feedback on the current format and recommendations for the prize’s future.
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“It’s important to me that lots of people can understand what I’m writing.” Elizabeth Bachinsky returns with a new collection of plainspoken poetry. Click here for the feature: https://bit.ly/41JZ5Je
Al & Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize 2026 shortlist:
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• I Would Like to Say Thank You by Joseph Dandurand
• Parade of Storms by Evelyn Lau
• Wellwater by Karen Solie
• On The News that Sagittarius A* Grows Hungrier by Nicola Vulpe
• Out of the Ordinary by Tom Wayman
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New books from David Suzuki and Ian Hanington, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and
Melissa Auf Der Maur on the full Quill & Quire/Bookmanager Bestsellers Nonfiction and Poetry chart, available here: https://bit.ly/4s5mSOQ
Read Steven. W. Beattie's starred review of Kaie Kellough's latest book of poetry "Interposition" at the link: https://bit.ly/41rCNMb
"A Baby on My Back is a simply told story, but even with a pared-back approach, Ceporah Mearns is able to imbue meaning, tradition, and intergenerational adoration into Silu’s story."
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“There may be other publishers who have books at this level, but for the Harlequin team that Carina is a part of, this is unprecedented... [Heated Rivalry] is in a category by itself"
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