by Cassandra Drudi

Rights Deals: Larry Gaudet, Leslie Shimotakahara + four more

Dundurn Press’s Russell Smith has acquired, in an exclusive submission, world rights to Larry Gaudet’s The Media Terrorist. The novel is described as telling the story of Don Barton, the celebrated creator of an immersive ... Read More »

March 31, 2023

Shelly Kawaja wins 2022 BMO Winterset Award

By Cassandra Drudi

Shelly Kawaja has won the 2022 BMO Winterset Award for her debut novel The Raw Light of Morning. The book, published in September 2022 by Breakwater Books, was one of three finalists for the $12,500 ... Read More »

March 30, 2023

Kate Beaton’s Ducks wins 2023 Canada Reads

By Cassandra Drudi

Kate Beaton has won the 2023 Canada Reads competition for her graphic memoir. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, which Q&Q reviewer Andrew Woodrow-Butcher called “political, personal, monumental, intimate, generous, upsetting, surreal, and disarmingly ... Read More »

March 30, 2023

U.S. court decides in favour of publishers over Internet Archive

By Cassandra Drudi

In a summary decision that is being heralded by publishers and creators for upholding copyright law, a U.S. district judge has determined that San Francisco-based nonprofit Internet Archive has broken copyright law with its online ... Read More »

March 29, 2023

Reconciliation, fight against Big Tech among topics of shortlisted Shaugnessy Cohen titles

By Cassandra Drudi

Reconciliation, the fight against Big Tech, and colonial systems are among the topics explored by the five books shortlisted for the 2023 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. The $25,000 prize, awarded annually by the ... Read More »

March 29, 2023

Rights Deals: Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

Sutherland House Publishing’s Ken Whyte has acquired world English rights to Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau’s Going Solo: Absolutely Everything You Need to Become Your Own Boss. The nonfiction book is described as a timely and comprehensive guide ... Read More »

March 27, 2023

Rights Deals: Sara de Waard, Meagan Mahoney + eight more

By Cassandra Drudi

DCB publisher Barry Jowett has acquired world rights to Sara de Waard’s Defy. The YA novel is described as being set in a future in which people have their death dates assigned to them, and ... Read More »

March 23, 2023

Personnel change: House of Anansi Press

By Cassandra Drudi

House of Anansi Press publicity director Debby de Groot will be staying on as freelance publicist for the press until October 2023. De Groot will be managing the bulk of Anansi's new titles for 2023 ... Read More »

March 23, 2023