Historical crime novelist Maureen Jennings, whose Detective Murdoch series inspired the long-running TV show Murdoch Mysteries, was named an officer of the Order of Canada this week, one of 88 new ...

The Q&Q team reached out to reviewers, booksellers, and people in the publishing industry across the country to find out which titles from 2024 they’re still thinking about as the year draws to a ...

Three Canadian writers are among 10 international recipients of the Horror Writers Association's 2024 scholarship and diversity grants. Montreal writer Madeleine Pelletier has been named the winner of ...

S. K. Ali’s first foray into science fiction, presents an enthralling dystopia not far removed from our current reality, a terrifying future where even the contents of one’s mind and the truths of one ...

It is not easy for frontlist titles published by Canadian-owned publishers to break through to the bestseller lists. The top-selling Canadian authors at indie bookstores have remained surprisingly ...

Second Story Press is now accepting submissions for its fourth annual Indigenous Writing Contest. The aim is to find “contemporary writing that reflects the experience of Indigenous (First Nations, ...

Just shy of 175 years ago, Hester Prynne secured a primo spot in literary history. Arguably, thanks to school curricula and films such as Easy A, Hester remains a familiar name. Hester in Sunlight isn ...

Canadian London-based journalist Nadim Roberts is one of 10 writers to receive a 2024 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant. The program, now in its ninth year, awards $40,000 (U.S.) grants to support ...

Five books, including two by first-time authors, were named the winners of this year's $4,000 prizes for scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences.

I Wonder About Worlds: Discovering Planets and Exoplanets combines storytelling and science in a picture book that encourages re-reading. Author James Gladstone balances a lyrical exploration of space ...