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We are excited to announce that Tawahum Bige's Stages of Tanning Words and Remembering Spells is a 2026 IVAs Finalist in the category of Published Poetry.  In their second poetry collection, Tawahum Bige exp...

We are excited to announce that Nick Thran's Existing Music is on the 2026 New Brunswick Book Awards' shortlist for The Fiddlehead Poetry Book Prize. The poems in Existing Music both celebrate and interrogat...

Nightwood Editions is proud to present our Spring 2026 list, offering an Olympic athlete's memoir, two collections of poetry, a novel and a Kwantlen legends children's book.   When the World Was Twice as B...

We are thrilled to announce that Jes Battis’ I Hate Parties is a finalist for the 2024 Lammy Awards in the LGBTQ+ Poetry category. The virtual ceremony to announce winners will take place Saturday, October ...

Nightwood Editions is proud to present our Fall 2025 list, offering a debut novel, three collections of poetry and crossword puzzles.   Most Grievous Fault by Meg Todd This masterful debut novel follows a ...

We are thrilled to announce that Jes Battis won the Saskatchewan Book Awards’ Poetry Award Honouring Anne Szumigalski for their debut poetry collection, I Hate Parties. The 32nd annual awards were presented ...

We're thrilled to announce that Isabella Wang, the author of the poetry collections Pebble Swing and the forthcoming November, November is one of five Writers’ Trust Rising Stars in 2025. The Writers' Trust ...

The West Coast Book Society has announced the finalists for the 2025 BC and Yukon Book Prizes, and Nightwood Editions would like to congratulate Dallas Hunt, whose poetry collection Teeth is a finalist for t...

The West Coast Book Society has announced the shortlist for the 2024 BC and Yukon Book Prizes, and Nightwood Editions would like to congratulate the following finalists: Cathy Stonehouse, whose poetry colle...

Nightwood Editions is thrilled to announce that Crushed Wild Mint by Jess Housty is longlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award and the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award.

The winners for the sixth annual Indigenous Voices Awards (IVAs) have been announced, and Nightwood Editions would like to congratulate Emily Riddle for winning the Published Poetry in English category for...

Recipients of the fifth annual Indigenous Voices Awards have been announced, and Selina Boan has won the published poetry in English category for her book, Undoing Hours (Nightwood Editions). From the jurors...