by Cassandra Drudi

Breakwater Books celebrates 50 years of publishing on the Rock

As a child, Rebecca Rose remembers cracking open cases of books published by Breakwater Books, flipping to the correct page and placing errata stickers over typos. Independent publishing was a family operation, and independent publishing ... Read More »

March 8, 2023

Agency and distribution change: Severn River Publishing

By Cassandra Drudi

As of April 1, Baker & Taylor Publisher Services will be the worldwide sales representative and distributor ... Read More »

March 8, 2023

Robert Amos wins 2023 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Victoria writer and artist Robert Amos has been awarded the 2023 Basil-Stuart Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia. Amos won the $3,500 prize for his 2022 book E. J. Hughes: Canadian War ... Read More »

March 8, 2023

Longlist announced for inaugural $150K (U.S.) Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

By Cassandra Drudi

Three years after the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction was created, the longlist for the inaugural $150,000 (U.S.) award has been announced. Five of the 15 titles are by Canadian authors, and three are published ... Read More »

March 8, 2023

La courte échelle wins 2023 Bologna Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Quebec publisher La courte échelle has been named the North American winner of the 2023 Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year. The prize is awarded annually to highlight excellent publishing houses ... Read More »

March 6, 2023

Rights Deals: Jack Whalen and Lisa Moore + two more

By Cassandra Drudi

Knopf Canada editor-in-chief Lynn Henry has acquired Canadian English rights to an as-yet untitled book by Jack Whalen and Lisa Moore. The co-authored memoir is described as the story of Whalen’s four-year incarceration, from the ... Read More »

March 6, 2023

Rights Deals: Zazie Todd, Teresa Wong + 11 more

By Cassandra Drudi

Greystone Books has acquired world English language rights to Zazie Todd’s Shiver: The Science of Helping Fearful Dogs. The nonfiction title is described as a book for owners of all types of fearful dogs – including ... Read More »

March 5, 2023

Shop Talk: Rookery Books

By Cassandra Drudi

Shop Talk is an occasional feature in which fledgling independent booksellers take Q&Q into their stores and share their reasons for opening and what business has been like so far. Rookery Books 25 Main Street ... Read More »

March 1, 2023

Leigh Nash stepping down as publisher of House of Anansi Press

By Cassandra Drudi

Publisher Leigh Nash has resigned from House of Anansi Press, as has publicity director Debby de Groot. Nash's last day at Anansi will be April 14 and de Groot's will be March 24, the publisher ... Read More »

February 28, 2023

ACP study suggests slightly more diverse publishing industry

By Cassandra Drudi

The second-ever diversity study by the Association of Canadian Publishers shows some positive change towards a more diverse industry, with seven per cent fewer respondents identifying as white than in 2018. The 2022 Canadian Book ... Read More »

February 28, 2023

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