by Cassandra Drudi

Newfoundland publisher Boulder Books marks 20 years and turns new chapter with expansion

Twenty years after Gavin Will started Boulder Books as a small regional publisher based out of his home in Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s, Newfoundland, he’s looking to expand operations. Will – a former journalist – decided to ... Read More »

July 27, 2022

Personnel changes: Tundra Books

By Cassandra Drudi

Gigi Lau joins the Tundra Book Group as art director, effective September 12. She joins the team from Harlequin, where she has been art director for the past 10 years. As previously announced, Tundra’s outgoing art director ... Read More »

July 27, 2022

Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Noelle Marie Falcis Math has been hired as a marketing assistant and agent assistant at Transatlantic Agency. She will oversee and project-manage catalogues, social media, newsletters, and contacts databases, and will assist literary agents Chelene ... Read More »

July 27, 2022

Rights Deal: Oonya Kempadoo

By Cassandra Drudi

Rare Machines’s Kwame Scott Fraser has acquired Canadian and Caribbean English rights to Oonya Kempadoo’s Naniki. The book is described as a mytho-poetic novella that honours the Indigenous roots of the Caribbean in a cross-cultural, ... Read More »

July 25, 2022

Rights Deals: Patrik Sampler, Desiree Nielsen + four more

By Cassandra Drudi

New Star Books publisher Rolf Maurer has acquired Canadian English rights to Patrik Sampler’s Naked Defiance: A Comedy of Menace. The novel is described as a hilarious and provocative interrogation of society’s most enlightened impulses and a challenge to the ... Read More »

July 21, 2022

Personnel changes: Orca Book Publishers

By Cassandra Drudi

Bronte Germain has joined Orca Book Publishers as eastern sales manager. Germain will manage retail and specialty accounts in Canada and the U.S., with a focus on the eastern side of North America. Germain’s Canadian territory includes Ontario, ... Read More »

July 21, 2022

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

At Penguin Random House Canada, Beth Lockley has assumed the role of vice president, marketing, handing off leadership of corporate communications to Jared Bland, outgoing publisher of McClelland & Stewart and newly appointed vice president, communications and ... Read More »

July 21, 2022

Rights Deals: Amy Mattes and Sheila James

By Cassandra Drudi

Nightwood Editions’s Silas White has acquired North American English rights to Amy Mattes’s debut literary fiction Late September. The novel is described as an incredibly intimate tale that explores the nuances of love, trauma, and ... Read More »

July 14, 2022

Personnel change: Kids Can Press

By Cassandra Drudi

Emma Hunter has joined Kids Can Press as digital marketing associate as of July 11, and reports to sales and marketing ... Read More »

July 14, 2022

Personnel changes: CookeMcDermid

By Cassandra Drudi

CookeMcDermid contracts administrator Stephanie Anderson has been promoted to contracts manager, reporting to Suzanne Brandreth. Rights associate Carolyn Buszynski takes on the role of senior rights associate, now reporting to Hana El Niwairi who has ... Read More »

July 14, 2022

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