AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoNew Canadian Books: Jamaican-born Canadian billionaire Michael Lee-Chin has published his first memoir, The Way of Wealth, arguing that prosperity depends on how wealth is used, not simply accumulated. Bookshops: Ottawa’s second-hand bookstore All Books is set to close, while Vancouver’s Kidsbooks has new entrepreneurs taking over as the independent store marks 43 years. Publishing Industry: Authors are boycotting Canada’s largest bookstore chain, while testimony in the Steven Galloway case has examined how allegations affected his books’ sales and publishing prospects. Emerging Writers: Three writers — Audrey Gignac, Sofia Cina and Sara-Marie Scale — have received 2026 Giller Mantella Scholarships; Campbell River author and poet also captured a national poetry prize.
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