The 2021 'Canada Reads' program announces its shortlist of five books and the celebrities making the case for why each title deserves to become the book of the year.

The Madrid-based Desperate Literature program and the BBC National Short Story Award open submissions and name their 2021 jurors.

Sixteen titles from the backlist of Palazzo's editions of Robert Ingpen's work now form the basis of a new imprint, Welbeck Children's Classics.