News and Events

Author Event - Toronto ON
Nicholas Billion (author of Butcher) and Sean Dixon (author of A God in Need of Help) will be appearing at the Lakeside Play Readings at Harbourfront

Congratulations! 2016 East Coast Literary Awards - NeWest Press
Thomas Randdall Atlantic Fiction Award
- Entropic by R.W. Gray

Congratulations! Dayne Oglivie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers - Caitlin Press
For Your Own Good by Leah Horlick

Congratulations! 2016 Green Book Festival Awards - Annick Press
History
- Extreme Battlefields by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Scientific
- Water Wow! by Antonia Banyard & Paula Ayer

Congratulations! 2016 Forest of Reading Awards - Annick Press
Silver Birch Express Award
- The End of the Line by Sharon E. McKay

Congratulations! 2016 Arthur Ellis Award - Linda Leith Publishing
Best Novel
- Open Season by Peter Kirby

Performance - Stratford
Carolyn Smart's Hooked will be preformed by Nicky Guadagni in the SpringWorks Festival. The performance will run from May 13th - May 16th.

Author Event - Toronto, ON
Arleen Paré will be from her novel Lake of Two Mountains during the Pivot reading series.

Author Event - Vancouver and Victoria, BC
Antony Di Nardo will be reading from his novel Roaming Charges in Vancouver on Thursday, April 28th and in Victoria Friday, April 29th.

Congratulations! 2016 IPPY Award Winner - Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Canada East - Best Regional Nonfiction - Silver
- Street Angel by Magie Dominic

Congratulations! 2016 IPPY Award Winner - University of Alberta Press
Essay/Creative Nonfiction - Bronze
- A Year of Days by Myrl Coulter
Canada West - Best Regional Nonfiction - Gold
- Why Grow Here by Kathryn Chase Merrett

Congratulations! 2016 IPPY Award Winner - Touchwood Editions
YA Fiction - Bronze
- Do You Think This is Strange by Aaron Cully Drake
Cookbooks General - Bronze
- The Butcher, the Baker, the Wine and Cheese Maker by the Sea: Recipes and Fork-Lore from the Farmers, Artisans, Fishers, Foragers and Chefs of the West Coast by Jennifer Schell
Canada West - Best Regional Fiction - Bronze
- High Rider by Bill Gallaher

Congratulations! 2016 IPPY Award Winner - Ronsdale Press
Canada West - Best Regional Nonfiction - Silver
- Uncharted Waters: The Explorations of José Narváez (1768-1840) by Jim McDowell

Author Event - Uxbridge, ON
Spence Butt, author of Slouching the Dream will be appearing at Blue Heron Books for Authors for Indies Day.

Congratualtions! 2016 IPPY Award Winner - Inanna Publications
Contemporary Fiction - Bronze
- Between the Cracks She Fell by Lisa de Nikolits
Canada East - Best Regional Fiction - Silver
- Dancing in Red Shoes Will Kill You by Donna Decker

Author Event - Guelph, ON
Spencer Butt, author of Slouching the Dream will be appearing at the Guelph Poetry Slam.