by Cassandra Drudi

Shortlisted publishers looking forward to in-person Bologna Book Fair

The Bologna Children's Book Fair is going ahead in person next week after being cancelled for two years in a row over COVID-19 concerns – and the three Canadian publishers shortlisted for its best publisher ... Read More »

March 16, 2022

Writers’ Trust of Canada announces recipients of 2022 mentorship program

By Cassandra Drudi

The Writers’ Trust of Canada has announced three mentees for this year’s mentorship program. The program pairs unpublished authors with established authors in three categories: fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry. The mentors support the mentees ... Read More »

March 16, 2022

Rights Deals: Charlotte Schwartz

By Cassandra Drudi

Dundurn Press’s Scott Fraser has acquired world rights to Charlotte Schwartz’s Your Place or Mine? The nonfiction book is described as a detailed resource for separating parents that will help them navigate the legal system, ... Read More »

March 14, 2022

Immersive adaption of Alberto Manguel’s book about libraries comes to Toronto

By Cassandra Drudi

An experiential art exhibit opening this month in Toronto brings books, those physical instruments for transportive imagination, into the virtual reality landscape. The Library at Night opens March 10 and takes visitors on a tour ... Read More »

March 10, 2022

Rights Deals: Scott Clarke, Jessica Hamilton + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

Nimbus Publishing non-fiction editor Angela Mombourquette has acquired world rights to Scott Clarke’s Oak Island Odyssey: A Masonic Quest. The nonfiction book is described as a narrative exploration of the ties between Freemasonry in North ... Read More »

March 10, 2022

House of Anansi announces new publisher

By Cassandra Drudi

House of Anansi Press has announced that Leigh Nash will join as publisher next month. Nash, who is currently the publisher at Invisible Publishing and teaches book publishing at York University in the professional writing ... Read More »

March 9, 2022

Biblioasis introduces new ordering terms for Canadian independents

By Cassandra Drudi

Biblioasis has announced new ordering terms for Canadian independent accounts that include an increased 44% discount and extended return deadlines. The terms are available to accounts that order through Biblioasis's distributor, University of Toronto Press. ... Read More »

March 9, 2022

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Athmika Punja has been promoted to the newly created roles of head of operations and chief of staff at Penguin Random House Canada, from her previous role as operations director. As head of operations, she ... Read More »

March 9, 2022

Rights Deals: Eli Bornstein, Naben Ruthnum + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

Figure 1 Publishing’s senior editor Steve Cameron has acquired world rights to Eli Bornstein’s A Very Sacred Experience: Eli Bornstein’s Arctic Journals, 1986 and 1987. The nonfiction book, which includes an introduction by author and ... Read More »

March 7, 2022

Whistler Writing Society names new artistic and executive director

By Cassandra Drudi

Rebecca Wood Barrett has been named the new artistic and executive director of the Whistler Writing Society. She will be the second person to lead the charitable organization since it was founded 21 years ago. ... Read More »

March 7, 2022

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