by Attila Berki

The Booker effect in Canada

This year’s Booker Prize longlist includes two titles for which independent presses have Canadian rights. This is also the third time since 2019 that Windsor, Ontario, indie Biblioasis has held North American rights to a ... Read More »

August 23, 2023

Excerpt: In Defence of Copyright

By Attila Berki

The following is an excerpt from In Defence of Copyright by Hugh Stephens (Cormorant Books, August 2023) Copyright has been developed over the past three hundred years, drawing on both a utilitarian, economic rationale rooted ... Read More »

August 23, 2023

Janie Yoon to join Doubleday Canada

By Attila Berki

Penguin Random House Canada has announced that Janie Yoon will be joining Doubleday Canada in mid-September as editorial director of the Bond Street Books imprint. Yoon previously was executive editor at Simon & Schuster, where ... Read More »

August 23, 2023

2023 Prix Aurora Awards winners announced

By Attila Berki

The 2023 Prix Aurora Awards were announced on Saturday, August 19th in an online event. The awards, honouring the best in science fiction, fantasy, or horror genres in English, are administered by the Canadian Science ... Read More »

August 23, 2023

Agency and distribution change: Wayne State University Press

By Attila Berki

Effective October 1, 2023, Wayne State University Press will be distributed ... Read More »

August 11, 2023

Agency and distribution change: The McCord Stewart Museum

By Attila Berki

Effective August 1, 2023, The McCord Stewart Museum (Montreal) is distributed ... Read More »

August 11, 2023

Agency and distribution change: Assembly Press

By Attila Berki

Effective August 1, Assembly Press will ... Read More »

July 24, 2023

Agency and distribution change: Conundrum Press

By Attila Berki

Effective August 1, Conundrum Press will ... Read More »

July 24, 2023

Agency and distribution change: Phidal Publishing

By Attila Berki

Effective August 1, Phidal Publishing Inc. will ... Read More »

July 24, 2023

The future of Access Copyright and the dire implications for the Canadian publishing industry

By Attila Berki

In a clearly worded statement released on July 13, Book Publishers Association of Alberta executive director Kieran Leblanc addressed the federal government directly about the problems that have been plaguing creative industries for the past ... Read More »

July 19, 2023

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