by Cassandra Drudi

Rights deals: Rachel Rose and Hazel Mae

Douglas & McIntyre’s Anna Comfort O’Keeffe and Blackstone Publishing’s Stephanie Koven have acquired Canadian and U.S. rights respectively to Rachel Rose’s The Scarlet Daughter. The debut novel is described as imagining the story of Hester ... Read More »

March 26, 2026

Lyse Doucet shortlisted for 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction

By Cassandra Drudi

Canadian journalist Lyse Doucet is one of six writers shortlisted for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction. Doucet, who is the chief international correspondent for the BBC, was nominated for The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A ... Read More »

March 25, 2026

‘Unprecedented:’ Sales of Rachel Reid’s Game Changers series a first for Harlequin imprint Carina Press

By Cassandra Drudi

Eight years after Game Changer, the first book in Rachel Reid’s male-male hockey romance series, was published by Harlequin imprint Carina Press, sales of all six books in the series show no signs of abating. ... Read More »

March 25, 2026

Personnel change: P.S. Literary Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Gemma Paynter has joined P.S. Literary Agency as associate literary agent. ... Read More »

March 24, 2026

Longlist announced for 2026 Purdy Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Ten poets have been named to the longlist for the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize. The $10,000 prize, established in 2024 by Al Purdy's widow Eurithe Purdy and administered by the Al Purdy A-Frame Association, ... Read More »

March 24, 2026

Canadians among 2026 Lambda Literary Award finalists

By Cassandra Drudi

Finalists have been announced in 26 categories for the 2026 Lambda Literary Awards, and a number of Canadian authors, including Rebecca Salazar, Jordan Tannahill, and jaye simpson, are among those shortlisted. Winners for the annual ... Read More »

March 24, 2026

Rights deals: Tiffany Stone, Carrie Snyder + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

Owlkids Books’s Jennifer Stokes at has acquired, in a three-book deal, an early chapter book series from Tiffany Stone, illustrated by Hayley Lowe. The first title, The Haunted Greenhouse, is described as introducing Dr. Frankenvine, an ... Read More »

March 19, 2026

Carol E. Mayer wins 2026 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Carol E. Mayer has won the 2026 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Sea of Islands: Exploring Objects, Stories, and Memories from Oceania. The $3,500 prize, given by UBC Library and the Pacific BookWorld News Society, is ... Read More »

March 19, 2026

Shop Talk: Word Squirrel

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. Word Squirrel 325 Durham Market ... Read More »

March 18, 2026

HarperCollins launching Canadian Classics series

By Cassandra Drudi

HarperCollins Canada is the latest publisher to go elbows up with a line of classic Canadian fiction and nonfiction reprint editions. The multinational’s new Canadian Classics Collection is set to debut this spring with seven ... Read More »

March 18, 2026

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