by Cassandra Drudi

Iris Tupholme named TIFA’s 2022 Ivy Award recipient

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

2022 Fall Preview: Poetry and Culture

By Cassandra Drudi

POETRY Exculpatory Lilies Susan Musgrave McClelland & Stewart, Sept. This new collection from the award-winning poet deals with grief: her partner, Stephen Reid, died in 2018, and their daughter Sophie in 2021 of an accidental ... Read More »

September 14, 2022

Finalists announced for Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Five books, all from independent Canadian publishers, have made the shortlist for the $60,000 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Each finalist receives $5,000. The prize, which was renamed last year, honours the best novel ... Read More »

September 14, 2022

Latinx-Canadian anthology wins silver medal at International Latino Book Awards

By Cassandra Drudi

An anthology from Edmonton-based publisher Laberinto Press has won a silver medal at the 2022 International Latino Book Awards. Beyond the Gallery: An Anthology of Visual Encounters, edited by Liuba Gonzalez de Armas, Ana Ruiz ... Read More »

September 14, 2022

Vancouver Writer’s Fest celebrating 35 years with complete in-person festival

By Cassandra Drudi

This year, the Vancouver Writers Fest is back with a complete in-person lineup featuring more than 100 authors from around the world, marking the festival's return to a full schedule as it celebrates its 35th ... Read More »

September 12, 2022

Rights Deals: Catherine Hernandez, Elamin Abdelmahmoud + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

HarperCollins Canada's Jennifer Lambert has acquired Canadian English rights to Catherine Hernandez’s Behind You. The novel is described as an examination of the insidiousness of rape culture through the dual narrative of a young Filipina ... Read More »

September 12, 2022

Bologna Children’s Book Fair opens rights centre to adult trade publishing

By Cassandra Drudi

Make room for more titles in the tent: the Bologna Children's Book Fair is extending participation in its rights centre to rights professionals across the industry for its 2023 fair. The decision to expand the ... Read More »

September 12, 2022

Alberta Books for Schools aims to increase use of independent titles by province’s educators

By Cassandra Drudi

The Book Publishers Association of Alberta has released a new catalogue and online database designed to get more independently produced books into the hands of educators across the province. Alberta Books for Schools, a new ... Read More »

September 9, 2022

TIFA adds free event in support of Salman Rushdie

By Cassandra Drudi

The Toronto International Festival of Authors has added a new event to their fall lineup in support of Salman Rushdie and the freedom to read. The Freedom to Write and to Read: Standing with Salman ... Read More »

September 9, 2022

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