We’re pleased to share that this morning, The Writers’ Union of Canada announced the shortlist for the 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award, which includes Cocktail by Lisa Alward (Sep 12, 2023)! Check out the full shortlist announcement here. About Cocktail, the jury praised: “Lisa Alward’s Cocktail is skilful in its ability to capture the nuance and […]
IN THE NEWS! WORK TO BE DONE Work to Be Done by Bruce Whiteman (Mar 12, 2024) was reviewed in the Literary Review of Canada! The review was published online on April 15, and will appear in the May print issue. Read the full review here. Reviewer Keith Garebian writes, “Divided into five parts, Work to […]
We’re thrilled to share that this morning, the shortlist for the 2024 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize was announced, which included Dreaming Home by Lucian Childs in the Literary Fiction category! You can view the full shortlist here. With the tenth annual Emerging Writer Prize, Rakuten Kobo endeavours to raise the profiles of debut authors by […]
IN THE NEWS! SORRY ABOUT THE FIRE Sorry About the Fire by Colleen Coco Collins (Apr 23, 2024) was reviewed in the Toronto Star. The review was published on April 5, 2024, and you can read the full article here. Wanda Praamsma writes: “The poems in this slim volume, the first from artist and songwriter […]
IN THE NEWS! YOUR ABSENCE IS DARKNESS Your Absence Is Darkness by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, translated by Philip Roughton (March 5, 2024) has been reviewed in The Washington Post. The review was published online on March 16, 2024. You can read the full review here. Michael Barron writes: “I couldn’t put it down.” Your Absence […]
Poets, get your collections ready! Biblioasis will be opening for submissions of poetry manuscripts on Wednesday, May 1st, and will remain open until Friday, May 31st, or we reach two hundred submissions—whichever comes first. Updated poetry submission guidelines: We can only consider unpublished work. Individual poems in the manuscript may have appeared in journals or […]
IN THE NEWS! YOUR ABSENCE IS DARKNESS Your Absence Is Darkness by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, translated by Philip Roughton (Mar 5, 2024) received an outstanding review from Daniel Mason in the New York Times. The review was published online on March 3, 2024 and in print on March 10, 2024. You can read the full […]
This morning at 8 AM ET, The Future by Catherine Leroux (translated by Susan Ouriou) and Cocktail by Lisa Alward were longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, which is worth $150,000 USD! Both titles were published in September 2023 by Biblioasis. The shortlist will be announced on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Check out […]
We are overjoyed to announce that this morning at 11 AM ET, The Future by Catherine Leroux (translated by Susan Ouriou) was declared the winner of CBC’s Canada Reads competition 2024! One of the most important literary prizes in Canada, the competition is a four day broadcast event featuring five celebrity panelists championing Canadian books […]
IN THE NEWS! THE FUTURE The Future by Catherine Leroux, translated by Susan Ouriou (Sep 5, 2024) was featured on Michigan Public Radio. The feature was reported online on February 28, 2024. You can read (and listen!) to the MPR piece here. Rachel Ishikawa and Olivia Mouradian write: “The novel contends with histories of forced […]
