by Cassandra Drudi

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

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

Figure 1 Publishing names new co-owner, vice-president

By Cassandra Drudi

Figure 1 Publishing associate publisher Steve Cameron has signed on to be co-owner of the Vancouver-based press. In becoming co-owner, Cameron also becomes vice-president, and will perform ownership and shareholder duties alongside publisher and president ... Read More »

October 24, 2022

Rights Deals: Kyo Maclear, Nadia Hohn + two more

By Cassandra Drudi

Knopf Canada’s Martha Kanya-Forstner has acquired Canadian English rights to Kyo Maclear’s Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets. The memoir is described as a transformative story about life, love, plants, and a ... Read More »

October 20, 2022

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