by Cassandra Drudi

Rights Deals: Dennis Molinaro and Caroline Richardson

Random House Canada’s Craig Pyette has acquired English Canadian rights to Dennis Molinaro’s Shadows of the Dragon: China’s Secret Operations in Canada. The nonfiction book is described as a definitive account of Chinese interference over ... Read More »

November 9, 2023

Word on the Street moves to collective leadership structure

By Cassandra Drudi

Literary festival Word on the Street Toronto will be moving to a collective leadership structure. Effective immediately, Sienna Tristen, Haley Richardson, and Sarah Mosher take on new leadership positions within the organization. Tristen will set ... Read More »

November 9, 2023

Stephen Poloz wins 2023 National Business Book Award

By Cassandra Drudi

Former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz has won the $30,000 National Business Book Award. Poloz was awarded the 2023 prize at a luncheon in Toronto on Nov. 8 for his book The Next Age ... Read More »

November 9, 2023

Tania Branigan wins 2023 Cundill History Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Guardian editorial writer Tania Branigan has won the $75,000 (U.S.) Cundill History Prize for her book Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution. Branigan received the award at a ceremony in Montreal on ... Read More »

November 8, 2023

Breakwater Books co-founder Clyde Rose dead at 86

By Cassandra Drudi

Breakwater Books co-founder and longtime president Clyde Rose has died. He was 86. Rose died on Oct. 25 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease, Breakwater said. In 1973, he founded the St. John's-based press ... Read More »

November 8, 2023

New small press Stonehewer Books aims to publish books with ‘staying power’

By Cassandra Drudi

George Galt took the leap into independent publishing with no illusions. The 75-year-old writer and editor, a longtime “part of the literary ecosystem” – he is the author two nonfiction books and one novel, and ... Read More »

November 8, 2023

Anuja Varghese, Hannah Green, Kyo Maclear among 2023 Governor General’s Literary Awards winners

By Cassandra Drudi

The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the 14 winners of the 2023 Governor General's Literary Awards. The winners were selected from finalists announced last month. Winners receive $25,000, and publishers of the winning ... Read More »

November 8, 2023

Personnel and agency change: Biblioasis

By Cassandra Drudi

Emily Bossé will be joining Biblioasis as sales director as of November 13, 2023. Bossé will oversee the process of bringing Canadian sales in house beginning January 1, 2024. She comes to Biblioasis from Penguin ... Read More »

November 7, 2023

Rights Deals: Sam Chaiton, Arkadi Kuhlmann + two more

By Cassandra Drudi

Dundurn Press’s Kwame Scott Fraser and Julia Kim have acquired world English and world French rights to Sam Chaiton’s We Used to Dream of Freedom: Not Just Another 2G Memoir. The memoir is described as ... Read More »

November 2, 2023

Publishers optimistic about Indigo’s refocus on books

By Cassandra Drudi

Publishers and distributors alike are optimistic that Indigo Books and Music’s recently announced shift in direction will lead to increased orders of Canadian titles as the retail chain aims to have books make up a ... Read More »

November 1, 2023

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