Dear Agony Editor, I’m not a writer, but I’m an avid reader. A good friend of mine has recently published his first novel. I read an excerpt online and already know I’m not going to ... Read More »
November 7, 2022
Doubleday Canada’s Amy Black and Kiara Kent have acquired North American English rights to M.G. Vassanji’s Nowhere, Exactly. The nonfiction book is described as an essay collection that explores themes of belonging and identity in ... Read More »
November 3, 2022
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
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
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
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
At Penguin Random House Canada, Kyrell Grant has joined the sales team as district ... Read More »
November 2, 2022
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
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
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
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