by Cassandra Drudi

2022 Cundill History Prize shortlist announced

The shortlist for the Cundill History Prize has been announced. The Cundill History Prize, administered by McGill University, is awarded annually to a book that embodies historical scholarship, originality, literary quality, and broad appeal. The ... Read More »

September 22, 2022

Publisher Leigh Nash taking House of Anansi Press back to the future

By Cassandra Drudi

As publisher of House of Anansi Press, Leigh Nash is looking back to move forward. After five months at the helm of one Canada’s most storied independent publishers, Nash has settled in and is beginning ... Read More »

September 21, 2022

Finalists announced for 2022 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction

By Cassandra Drudi

Five finalists have been revealed for this year's Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction, for books on subjects that range from climate change to coronaviruses to the politics of race and identity. The $60,000 ... Read More »

September 21, 2022

Rights Deal: William Ping

By Cassandra Drudi

HarperCollins Canada's Jennifer Lambert has acquired, in a two-book deal, Canadian English rights to William Ping’s Hollow Bamboo and a second novel. The novel is described as imaginative, funny, and moving, and inspired by the ... Read More »

September 20, 2022

Rick Mercer wins 2022 Stephen Leacock Medal

By Cassandra Drudi

Comedian Rick Mercer has been named the winner of this year’s $25,000 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. Mercer won the award for his memoir Talking to Canadians (Doubleday Canada). Mercer's book was one of three ... Read More »

September 19, 2022

Personnel change: Cooke McDermid

By Cassandra Drudi

Cody Caetano has joined CookeMcDermid Literary Management as literary agent, working with a select list of authors. He previously worked at Transatlantic Literary Agency. He is the author of the bestselling memoir Half-Bads in White ... Read More »

September 19, 2022

Deals: J.T. Siemens, Matty Matheson + one more

By Cassandra Drudi

NeWest Press general manager Matt Bowes has acquired world rights to J.T. Siemens’s Call of the Void. The mystery/thriller is described as a follow-up to To Those Who Killed Me, in which former fitness instructor ... Read More »

September 15, 2022

Toronto bookstore Knife Fork Book to close

By Cassandra Drudi

Toronto poetry bookstore Knife Fork Book is closing. The bookstore, which opened in 2016, announced the closure on Twitter earlier this month. "KFB is closing its shops (& readings). We'll continue as a press, and ... Read More »

September 15, 2022

Iris Tupholme named TIFA’s 2022 Ivy Award recipient

By Cassandra Drudi

Iris Tupholme, senior vice-president and executive publisher at HarperCollins Canada, has been named the recipient of this year's Ivy Award. Tupholme will receive the award at a free event on September 26 as part of ... Read More »

September 14, 2022

Agency and distribution change: Nosy Crow

By Cassandra Drudi

Hachette Book Group is taking on Nosy Crow as a sales and distribution client, effective immediately. The U.K.-based children's publisher is also launching a U.S.-based North American company, Nosy Crow Inc., in May 2023. Nosy ... Read More »

September 14, 2022

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