News
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We miss you, Michael
We were deeply saddened to learn that Michael Wile recently passed away. Michael joined the Prairie books NOW team in late 2017/early 2018 as our Toronto-based national contact for advertising sales. -
Postal disruption and PbN
Due to the current Canada Post strike, delivery of Prairie books NOW to some individuals and locations will be delayed. -
Edmonton author Premee Mohamed shortlisted for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
Edmonton author Premee Mohamed’s novel The Siege of Burning Grass has made the shortlist for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. -
Writes of Spring open for submissions until April 1
Writes of Spring, a poetry initiative of the Winnipeg International Writers Festival led by Winnipeg writer Ariel Gordon in partnership with the Winnipeg Free Press, is just around the corner! -
Saskatchewan Book Awards announces shortlisted titles
Saskatchewan Book Awards released the shortlisted titles for the 2024 awards. -
Nominations open for Prairie Grindstone Prize, which will go to a Saskatchewan writer this year
Announcing the second year for The Prairie Grindstone Prize - a literary prize aimed at acknowledging a hardworking and perhaps under-appreciated writer of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction in the prairies. -
Debut memoir from Winnipeg-born author shortlisted for national culinary book award
Heritage House Publishing is delighted to announce Cooking Tips for Desperate Fishwives: An Island Memoir by Margot Fedoruk is shortlisted for the 2023 Taste Canada Awards in the Culinary Narrative category. The winners will be announced at the Taste Canada Awards Soirée on October 30, 2023. -
Gavin Bradley wins the 2023 Bridges of Struga International Poetry Award
Gavin Bradley, author of Separation Anxiety, is the winner of the 2023 Bridges of Struga International Poetry Award. This prestigious award is for a debut book of poetry by a young writer. -
Writes of Spring opens call for Manitoba poetry submissions until March 23
JOY is the theme of this year’s Writes of Spring, our annual team-up with the Winnipeg Free Press and poet Ariel Gordon to mark National Poetry Month. If you’re a Manitoba poet, Gordon and co-editor Sally Ito are looking forward to reading your submissions! -
Film option to Casey Plett’s Little Fish sold to filmmaker Louise Weard
Arsenal Pulp Press is pleased to announce that the film option to Casey Plett’s brilliant award-winning novel Little Fish has been sold to filmmaker Louise Weard, who will produce the adaptation with Black Mansion Films, along with her producing partner, Heather Buckley.
