Congratulations, Janika Oza! 🎉

Discover some of the season’s best in new short fiction at this May 15 Incite event Vancouver Public Library. Vincent Anioke (Perfect Little Angels), Carleigh Baker (Last Woman), and Shashi Bhat
(Death by a Thousand Cuts) speak with VWF Artistic Director Leslie Hurtig.

writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-s…

For Canadian Independent Bookstore Day, Shashi Bhat’s new book is available as an exclusive early-release at indie bookstores only! 📚❤️
indiebookstores.ca/cibd #CIBD2024

Sad girl novels: the dubious branding of women’s emotive fiction theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

Congratulations to all the finalists for the 2024 Carol The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for Fiction! I’m especially thrilled to see Eleanor Catton’s BIRNAM WOOD and Janika Oza’s A HISTORY OF BURNING on this list. 📚❤️

BTW, ICYMI here's Michelle Cyca's excellent profile of Eleanor Catton. Definitely one of the best profiles in Globe Books Globe Arts last year. 2/2 theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/art…

Congratulations to all the nominees for the #CarolShieldsPrize I interviewed Janika Oza last year Eden Mills Writers' Festival and History of Burning was one of my picks for The Globe 100 last year so I'm really happy to see this. All the other books on this list are also brilliant. 1/2

There's nothing like having writers you admire say nice things about your work. Thank you, Liz Harmer

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Pre-order here: penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/636398/d…

Tomorrow, April 9, we announce our 2024 Shortlist! Join us online at 8am for the reveal (or subscribe to our newsletter). Which books are you rooting for? Which have you read? Join us one last time in celebrating all 15 books on our Longlist!

#ShieldsPrize

Janika Oza is the author of the 2024 Longlisted novel, A History of Burning, which was also a finalist for the 2023 Governor General's Award for Fiction, and a New York Times Editor’s Choice. Learn more on our website: bit.ly/3U1R8w5 Janika Oza McClelland & Stewart

“Birnam Wood is terrific. As a multilayered, character-driven thriller, it’s as good as it gets. Ruth Rendell would have loved it. A beautifully textured work—what a treat.” —Stephen King

Birnam Wood is part of the 2024 #ShieldsPrize Longlist. Learn more on our website!

Faith Arkorful’s “poems move through grief, memory, and joy with the insight of “a black girl [who] learns to worship herself very early. Tends to her own burns.” ★ review bit.ly/43O6uaY of debut collection The Seventh Town of Ghosts McClelland & Stewart

'In real life, such a beautiful person might be called a lonely loser. As a writer, I can make real life feel better than that': Souvankham Thammavongsa on her story in this week's issue. newyorker.com/books/this-wee…

This week's story is 'Bozo' by Souvankham Thammavongsa. newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

Twenty years after his last poetry book, Michael Ondaatje returns to the form — sort of. Why he couldn't stay away thestar.com/entertainment/… via @torontostar

*COVER REVEAL* 🌿🍑🫐🐝

I would die for this cover. Thank you to Kelly Hill for this gorgeous, clever design. Very thrilled to share that my short story collection will be out this April!

Available for pre-order now at penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/636398/d…

We're accepting applications for the Equity Fellowship. This fellowship is designed to support editors who have traditionally been excluded by the publishing and editing industries, including editors who are BIPOC, 2SLGBTQIA+, neurodivergent and disabled. buff.ly/3OHsoq1

A gorgeous and tender long-awaited return to poetry from one of the most influential writers of his time. A YEAR OF LAST THINGS, by internationally acclaimed author Michael Ondaatje is available now! Pick up your copy of this incredible collection now!

Talking about my latest 5 ⭐️ read. Death By A Thousand Cuts by Shashi Bhat
youtu.be/IWYz5pbYZUI?si… via YouTube

Congratulations to the 6 CDN authors on the $150,000 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction longlist! Check out our coverage of Anuja Varghese's and Janika Oza's books here 49thshelf.com/Blog/2023/11/3… and here 49thshelf.com/Blog/2023/10/0… House of Anansi Press McClelland & Stewart