by Cassandra Drudi

Rights Deal: Nisha Patel

Arsenal Pulp Press publisher Brian Lam has acquired world rights to Nisha Patel’s a fate worse than death. The poetry collection is described as a memoir-based book that explores the author's connected and overlapping disabilities. ... Read More »

June 15, 2023

Personnel changes: Zg Stories

By Cassandra Drudi

Ariel Hudnall has been promoted to managing director of Zg Stories. She has been with Zg Stories since 2017 in a variety of growing roles, and will now oversee both online and PR departments of the ... Read More »

June 15, 2023

Montreal Gazette serializing Heather O’Neill novel to engage readers

By Cassandra Drudi

Metro daily The Montreal Gazette has partnered with celebrated author Heather O’Neill for a Dickensian project with a modern twist – a serialized novel that will unfold in the pages of the newspaper and online ... Read More »

June 14, 2023

Rights Deal: world French rights for Amanda Peters

By Cassandra Drudi

Editions Hashtag’s Felicia Mihali has acquired world French rights to Amanda Peters’s The Berry Pickers. Publication is expected for fall 2024. HarperCollins Canada published the Canadian English edition in April, and Catapult Books is publishing ... Read More »

June 12, 2023

Giller Foundation announces new scholarship

By Cassandra Drudi

The Giller Foundation has partnered with Mantella Corporation to establish a scholarship for Black, Indigenous, and racialized high school graduates across Canada interested in pursuing the study of creative writing and literature. The Giller Mantella ... Read More »

June 12, 2023

Rights Deals: Robin Esrock, Judith Graves + nine more

By Cassandra Drudi

Dundurn Press associate publisher Kathryn Lane has acquired world rights to two books by travel writer, speaker, and tv host Robin Esrock. The third edition of The Great Canadian Bucket List is described as a ... Read More »

June 8, 2023

Longlist announced for 2023 Leacock Medal for Humour

By Cassandra Drudi

The longlist has been announced for the 2023 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. Three finalists will be announced on August 1, with the winner to be named at a gala on September 16. The ... Read More »

June 8, 2023

Roger Reeves wins $130K Griffin Poetry Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

American poet Roger Reeves was named the winner of the 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize at an event in Toronto on June 7. The Texas-based poet was awarded the $130,000 prize for his collection Best Barbarians. ... Read More »

June 8, 2023

2023 Atlantic Book Awards winners announced

By Cassandra Drudi

The winners of the 2023 Atlantic Book Awards were announced at a gala at Halifax Central Library on June 7. The winners were chosen from finalists announced in April. In addition to the six book ... Read More »

June 7, 2023

Heather Reisman to retire from Indigo; four directors resign from board

By Cassandra Drudi

Indigo Books & Music announced on June 7 that four of its directors are resigning from the company's 11-person board, and that Heather Reisman will be retiring and stepping down as executive chair of the ... Read More »

June 7, 2023

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