by Attila Berki

Rights deals: Diane Borsato + 1 more

Chronicle Books’s Mirabelle Korn has acquired world rights to Diane Borsato’s Dessert Club: A Sweet Tooth’s Guide to the World, From Mille-Feuilles to Mochi Donuts. The nonfiction book is described as a field guide to ... Read More »

September 2, 2025

Arsenal Pulp Press announces editorial partnership with Lindsay Wong

By Attila Berki

Vancouver's Arsenal Pulp Press has announced a partnership with Lindsay Wong that will provide mentoring and publication for emerging BIPOC writers. Wong, who teaches creative writing at the University of Winnipeg, had her first book ... Read More »

August 27, 2025

‘Too small to fail’: Windsor indie Palimpsest Press marks 25 years

By Attila Berki

Palimpsest Press publisher Aimée Parent Dunn jokes that her Windsor-based small press is too small to fail. This year, the “small but mighty” press marks 25 years of operation, and Dunn – who is not ... Read More »

August 27, 2025

Personnel changes: Owlkids Books

By Attila Berki

Danielle Laver has been promoted to associate sales manager at Owlkids Books. Laver will assume responsibility for Canadian sales, working with sales reps, distributors, and customers to drive sales in the Canadian market, as well ... Read More »

August 26, 2025

Rights deals: Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, January Sun + one more

By Attila Berki

Random House Canada senior editor Meredith Dees has acquired at auction world English rights to an as yet untitled memoir by Paul Sun-Hyung Lee. The nonfiction work by the actor and television host from Kim’s ... Read More »

August 26, 2025

Toronto’s Flying Books marks 10 years of flight

By Attila Berki

Flying Books founder and publishing industry veteran Martha Sharpe credits the growth of her business over the last 10 years – from one table-top bookshelf in a downtown Toronto store to a two-storefront retail operation, ... Read More »

August 20, 2025

Eden Mills Writers Festival announces and rescinds inclusion of AI author in its lineup

By Attila Berki

Late on Friday, August 15, the Eden Mills Writers Festival in Eden Mills, Ontario, made a programming announcement they expected would create both conversation and controversy. They would be hosting artificial intelligence author, Aiden Cinnamon ... Read More »

August 20, 2025

Personnel change: Penguin Random House Canada

By Attila Berki

Rick Meier has been promoted to senior editor at Knopf Canada. Meier is the editor of such titles as Waubgeshig Rice’s Moon of the Turning Leaves, Rob Benvie’s The Damagers, and the Baillie Gifford Prize ... Read More »

August 20, 2025

The New Quarterly to begin publishing book reviews

By Attila Berki

Canadian literary journal The New Quarterly (TNQ) is bucking the trend of declining book review coverage by expanding it's mandate to include reviews for the first time. The St Jerome’s University/University of Waterloo–based non-profit journal, that ... Read More »

August 20, 2025

Alan Twigg named to Order of British Columbia

By Attila Berki

Publisher, author, and editor Alan Twigg was named to the Order of British Columbia in August in recognition for his contributions to Canadian literature and historical preservation. Twigg is the founder of BC BookWorld, and ... Read More »

August 19, 2025

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Rights deals: Diane Borsato + 1 more

Arsenal Pulp Press announces editorial partnership with Lindsay Wong

‘Too small to fail’: Windsor indie Palimpsest Press marks 25 years

Personnel changes: Owlkids Books

Rights deals: Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, January Sun + one more

Toronto’s Flying Books marks 10 years of flight

Eden Mills Writers Festival announces and rescinds inclusion of AI author in its lineup

Personnel change: Penguin Random House Canada

The New Quarterly to begin publishing book reviews

Alan Twigg named to Order of British Columbia

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