by Cassandra Drudi

Rights Deal: world French rights for Amanda Peters

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

Lakeside Book Company acquires Marquis Book Printing

By Cassandra Drudi

Lakeside Book Company has acquired Canadian printer Marquis Book Printing. Lakeside announced the acquisition on June 1. It is the book division of LSC Communications, which was spun off of R.R. Donnelley in 2016 to ... Read More »

June 7, 2023

Opinion: Implications of the U.S. controlled digital lending decision in Canada remain unclear

By Cassandra Drudi

Earlier this year, U.S. district court ruled that San Francisco–based non-profit Internet Archive (IA) infringed the copyright of four international publishing houses when it loaned unlicensed digital copies of books online, a practice known as ... Read More »

June 7, 2023

Riddle Fence Debuts announces inaugural titles

By Cassandra Drudi

Riddle Fence Debuts, the St. John's-based imprint of the literary magazine of the same name, has announced three acquisitions for its inaugural year of publishing. The first three titles under the imprint are poetry collections, ... Read More »

June 5, 2023

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