by Cassandra Drudi

Personnel changes: Canadian Manda Group

At Canadian Manda Group, David Farag expands his territory, taking on sales responsibility for independent retailers in southwestern Ontario. Paulina Dabrowski joins the team in the role of account manager, online retail. Catherine Phillips also joins as account manager, ... Read More »

November 3, 2022

Personnel changes: Wattpad WEBTOON Studios

By Cassandra Drudi

Wattpad WEBTOON Studios has made a number of recent additions to their marketing and publicity team with the 2022 expansion of their North American publishing program. Reporting to the VP of Marketing Tina McIntyre are Alicia Insanally (promoted ... Read More »

November 3, 2022

Nicholas Herring, Dan Werb, francesca ekwuyasi among Writers’ Trust award winners

By Cassandra Drudi

Seven authors were honoured at the Writers' Trust gala, as the organization announced the winners of this year's literary awards in Toronto on Wednesday night. Debut novelist Nicholas Herring took home the $60,000 Atwood Gibson Writers' ... Read More »

November 2, 2022

Kate Edwards to step down from ACP

By Cassandra Drudi

After 15 years with the Association of Canadian Publishers, Kate Edwards is stepping down as the organization's executive director at the end of March 2023. "[She] has contributed immeasurably to the success of our industry ... Read More »

November 2, 2022

Personnel change: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

At Penguin Random House Canada, Kyrell Grant has joined the sales team as district ... Read More »

November 2, 2022

Rights Deals: Will Ferguson and Ian Ferguson + eight more

By Cassandra Drudi

HarperCollins Canada editor-in-chief Jennifer Lambert has acquired world rights to Will Ferguson and Ian Ferguson’s I Only Read Murder. The cozy mystery is the first in a series and introduces Miranda Abbott, a former TV ... Read More »

October 31, 2022

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Dan French (he/him) has been promoted to associate director, marketing and publicity, reporting to Erin Kelly, and will work with the Penguin Canada and Penguin U.S. teams. Anaïs Loewen-Young (she/her) has been promoted to the role ... Read More »

October 26, 2022

Books during wartime: Four Ukrainian publishers on working through extraordinary conditions

By Cassandra Drudi

When Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, publishers in the Ukrainian book industry had to change the way they worked. Some publishers, such as Komora, started selling ebooks for the first ... Read More »

October 26, 2022

Canadian publishers work to keep Frankfurt Guest of Honour momentum rolling

By Cassandra Drudi

FRANKFURT — After closing its unprecedented two years as the guest of honour country on a high note in 2021, despite the huge challenge posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Canada returned to the Frankfurt Book ... Read More »

October 26, 2022

eBound launches online resource to help indie publishers develop and improve accessible publishing

By Cassandra Drudi

A new resource from eBound Canada is a one-stop shop for Canadian independent publishers looking to further their work in accessible publishing. The Accessible Publishing Learning Network (APLN), which launched last month, is a comprehensive ... Read More »

October 24, 2022

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