Former House of Anansi publisher Leigh Nash is starting a new independent press. Assembly Press plans to release its first list in spring 2024. Nash will be publisher of the new venture, with fellow Anansi ... Read More »
June 28, 2023
House of Anansi Press has named a new publisher and an editorial director. Karen Brochu, currently vice-president of sales and marketing at the storied independent publisher, will be stepping into the position of publisher. Anansi ... Read More »
June 28, 2023
ECW Press’s Jen Albert has acquired world rights to Mark Robinson’s Bracing for Armageddon. The nonfiction book is described as the seasoned Weather Network meteorologist's look at the changing face – and increasing frequency – ... Read More »
June 27, 2023
Random House Studio’s Lee Wade has acquired at auction Jamal Saeed and Jordan Scott’s My Sister the Apple Tree in a two-book deal. The picture book, to be illustrated by Zahra Marwan, is described as the ... Read More »
June 23, 2023
Debut authors Harrison Mooney, Erica McKeen, and K.S. Covert have won the 2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writers prizes for nonfiction, literary fiction, and speculative fiction, respectively. Mooney was named this year's winner for his memoir ... Read More »
June 22, 2023
Author and agent Cody Caetano and poets Emily Riddle and Matthew James Weigel are among the recipients of the 2023 Indigenous Voices Awards. The winners were announced on June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day. The ... Read More »
June 21, 2023
Dear Agony Editor, I was invited to a book club to discuss my latest book. It was a bad experience: half the group hadn’t seemed to have read the book, no one was prepared with ... Read More »
June 21, 2023
Stuart Ross and Sanna Wani are among the four winners of the 2023 Trillium Book Awards/Prix Trillium. Ontario Creates announced the winners at a ceremony in Toronto on June 20. The winners are: Trillium Book ... Read More »
June 20, 2023
Robert Macfarlane, whose work deals with the relationship between humans and the natural environments we live in, has been named the winner of the inaugural Weston International Award. The annual $75,000 award is granted by ... Read More »
June 20, 2023
Nimbus Publishing nonfiction editor Angela Mombourquette has acquired world rights to Lori McKay’s Searching for Mayflowers: The Story of Canada’s First Quintuplets. The journalist's debut nonfiction book is described as exploring the mystery surrounding the ... Read More »
June 19, 2023
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