There was never any question for Sharon Fitzhenry about what she wanted to be when she grew up. She always knew she wanted to be a publisher. The longtime Fitzhenry & Whiteside president and CEO, ... Read More »
November 1, 2023
Sleeping Bear Press’s Barb McNally has acquired world rights to Lorna Schultz Nicholson’s The Girl Who Loved Poutine, to be illustrated by Rachel Qiuqi. The picture book is described the story of a girl celebrating ... Read More »
October 30, 2023
Biblioasis’s Dan Wells has acquired world English rights to novelist and memoirist David Macfarlane’s On Sports and Roger Gilbey in a two-book deal. On Sports is described as a nonfiction book in the Field Notes ... Read More »
October 26, 2023
Rebecca Campbell has won the 2023 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. The $25,000 prize, now in its second year, is administered by the Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation, and is given to a ... Read More »
October 26, 2023
Amelie Roberge has been promoted to the role of associate publisher, operations, at Kids Can Press, replacing Lara Caplan, who left the company in June. Roberge has been with KCP for 15 years, most recently ... Read More »
October 26, 2023
The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the 70 finalists for this year's Governor General's Literary Awards. Each finalist receives $1,000, with the winners in each of the 14 categories to receive $25,000. Publishers ... Read More »
October 25, 2023
Harvesting Freedom: The Life of a Migrant Worker in Canada has been named the winner of the 2023 Ontario Speaker's Book Award. Written by migrant justice organizer Gabriel Allahdua with Edward Dunsworth, the book is a ... Read More »
October 25, 2023
Doubleday Canada editorial director of commercial publishing Bhavna Chauhan has acquired Canadian English rights to Morgan Dick’s Favourite Daughter. The novel is described as the story of two estranged sisters who are unknowingly thrown together ... Read More »
October 23, 2023
Access Copyright president and CEO Roanie Levy, who has been with the organization for more than 20 years, will be stepping down from her role at the end of December as part of a "restructuring ... Read More »
October 23, 2023
Dundurn Press publisher Kwame Scott Fraser has acquired world English rights to The RebelRebel Podcast host Michael Dargie’s From "Meh" to Memorable: Mastering the Art of Brandjitsu for Business. The nonfiction book is described as ... Read More »
October 19, 2023
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