by Cassandra Drudi

Personnel change: Portage & Main Press/HighWater Press

Christine M'Lot has been named associate publisher at Portage & Main Press/HighWater Press. M'Lot, an Anishinaabe educator, curriculum developer, and consultant from Winnipeg, will develop strategic growth plans for both imprints and engage new talent. ... Read More »

September 10, 2024

Personnel changes: Annick Press

By Cassandra Drudi

Starting Sept. 19, Ojibway author and educator Nancy Cooper joins Annick as Indigenous editor, with a focus on acquiring and developing titles by Indigenous creators across genres and age ranges. She can be reached at ... Read More »

September 9, 2024

Rights deals: Conor Kerr, Molly Fader + one more

By Cassandra Drudi

Arsenal Pulp Press’s Brian Lam has acquired world English rights to Conor Kerr’s Beaver Hills. The book is described as an irreverent and playful novella-in-verse set in Edmonton that explores the inner dreams, hardships, and ... Read More »

September 9, 2024

Rights deals: Meredyth Cole, Chanel Sutherland + eight more

By Cassandra Drudi

Doubleday Canada’s Melanie Tutino has acquired Canadian English rights to Meredyth Cole’s Heatstroke. The debut novel is described as a Faustian bargain for zillennials that follows a heartbroken young woman's descent into a feral and ... Read More »

September 5, 2024

Eight books shortlisted for 2024 Cundill History Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Eight books have been shortlisted for the 2024 Cundill History Prize. The $75,000 (U.S.) prize is administered by McGill University and awarded annually each year to a book that embodies historical scholarship, originality, literary quality, ... Read More »

September 5, 2024

New Flanker Press audiobook features narration by late Gordon Pinsent

By Cassandra Drudi

A forthcoming audiobook from St. John’s-based Flanker Press will bring the singular voice of acclaimed actor and Newfoundlander Gordon Pinsent, in a new work, to listeners’ ears once again. The Dicky Bird Dish, an audiobook ... Read More »

September 4, 2024

12 books longlisted for 2024 Giller Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

A dozen books – three short-story collections and nine novels – have been longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize. Canadian novels and short-fiction collections published between October 1, 2023 and September 30, 2024 were eligible ... Read More »

September 4, 2024

Rights deals: Matteo L. Cerilli, Harrison Mooney + one more

By Cassandra Drudi

Bloomsbury Children’s Books’s Camille Kellogg has acquired world rights to Matteo L. Cerilli’s Call2Arms and a sequel. The YA novel is described as telling the story of a boy who finds out that the monsters ... Read More »

September 3, 2024

Personnel changes: Kids Can Press

By Cassandra Drudi

At Kids Can Press, Amelie Roberge, will oversee all of operations, sales, and rights in the new role of associate publisher, sales and operations. Since starting in sales at Kids Can Press 16 years ago, Roberge served ... Read More »

September 3, 2024

Rights deals: Rachel Tremblay and John Batt

By Cassandra Drudi

ECW Press’s Jen Albert has acquired world rights to Rachel Tremblay’s Lavender Spike. The book is described as a wholly original cyberpunk novel where art is both drug and religion, in which Isobel “Izzy” Ker ... Read More »

August 29, 2024

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