by Cassandra Drudi

Personnel change: Figure 1 Publishing

Malaika Aleba has joined Figure 1 Publishing as the press's new manager of author relations and community outreach. Aleba is based just outside Vancouver and has more than a decade of experience with both academic ... Read More »

November 5, 2026

Rights deals: Sam Shelstad and opera rights for Sheung-King

By Cassandra Drudi

TouchWood Editions/Brindle & Glass’s Tori Elliott has acquired North American rights to Sam Shelstad’s The Havana. The novel is described as an absurd, touching, and darkly funny novel in which a wrench is thrown in ... Read More »

November 5, 2026

The Nobel effect: Anne Carson titles in demand after Nobel Prize win

By Cassandra Drudi

As the month of October drew nearer and the number of names on the likely Nobel laureates list grew shorter, the team at Assembly Press and Brick Books paid careful attention – and for good ... Read More »

November 4, 2026

Distribution change: Popular Book Company (Canada) Ltd.

By Cassandra Drudi

Effective November 1, 2026, Popular Book Company (Canada) Ltd. will be distributed in Canada by Jaguar Book Group. Sales will continue ... Read More »

November 4, 2026

Rights deals: Foreign rights for Catherine Gildiner + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

Editorial Kairos has acquired world Spanish rights, China Times has acquired Taiwan rights, Goldmye has acquired Chinese rights, and Izdavačka kuća Areté has acquired Serbian rights to Catherine Gildiner’s Anything for Love. The deals were ... Read More »

October 29, 2026

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Adam Yu has been promoted to data developer at Penguin Random House Canada, where he will focus on improving data quality, automating workflows, and ensuring data infrastructure supports business needs. Sid Watson has been promoted ... Read More »

October 28, 2026

Shortlists announced for 2026 Governor General’s Literary Awards

By Cassandra Drudi

The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the finalists for this year's Governor General's Literary Awards. Among the authors shortlisted for this year's English-language prizes are Kim Fu, Kai Kellough, Jordan Tannahill, Saeed Teebi, ... Read More »

October 28, 2026

Vancouver avoids end of the road for Poetry in Transit program

By Cassandra Drudi

Despite receiving word earlier this year that its transit partner in Vancouver would be unable to secure funding for the Poetry in Transit program moving forward, BooksBC announced this week that the 30-year-old program will ... Read More »

October 28, 2026

Shop Talk: Nuts and Shells Bookshop

By Cassandra Drudi

Shop Talk is an occasional feature in which fledgling independent booksellers take Q&Q into their stores and share their reasons for opening and what business has been like so far. Nuts and Shells Bookshop 1596 ... Read More »

October 28, 2026

Rights deals: Emi Sasagawa and Marsha Sasagawa, Jane’s Walk + five more

By Cassandra Drudi

Arsenal Pulp Press’s Brian Lam and Catharine Chen have acquired world rights to Emi Sasagawa and Marsha Sasagawa’s Making Sunlight. The graphic novel is described as a graphic memoir about queer family-making and rewriting default ... Read More »

October 26, 2026

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