Dan Breznitz has won the 2021 Donner Prize for his book Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World. Breznitz was awarded the prize at a gala in Toronto on Tuesday night. ... Read More »
June 1, 2022
Author and former Globe & Mail dance critic Martha Schabas followed up her ballerina-centric debut Various Positions with My Face in the Light (Knopf Canada) earlier this year. A piercing look into the incandescent prisons ... Read More »
June 1, 2022
Figure 1 Publishing president and publisher Chris Labonté has acquired world rights to Paul McKendrick’s Scrubbing the Sky: Inside the Race to Cool the Planet. The nonfiction book is described as an in-depth look at ... Read More »
May 30, 2022
McClelland & Stewart has acquired Canadian rights to Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood. The novel is described as a psychological thriller that is an unflinching examination of the human impulse to ensure our own survival. Publication ... Read More »
May 26, 2022
Micro-press Gladstone Press, which began publishing in 2018, will be leaving University of Toronto Press Distribution and ceasing operations. Orders will not be accepted after June 1. Retailers can return unsold copies of Gladstone Press ... Read More »
May 26, 2022
Lynn Fisher, vice president of book publishing at University of Toronto Press has announced her retirement, effective June 3, the press announced Wednesday. Fisher has worked in publishing for 35 years, and took the helm ... Read More »
May 25, 2022
ECW Press's Pia Singhal has acquired world English rights to Stephanie Kain’s Lifeline. The memoir is described as an experimental look at a very specific relationship in one person’s life that comes to a tragic ... Read More »
May 24, 2022
Literary journal Riddle Fence has launched a new book imprint that will focus on publishing debut works. St. John's-based Riddle Fence Debuts is now accepting submissions of poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, and visual art until ... Read More »
May 24, 2022
Two books from Between the Lines have been jointly awarded the Leo Panitch Book Prize, which honours the best Canadian book on work and labour studies published in the previous year. The prize has been ... Read More »
May 24, 2022
Ann Jansen, director of audiobook production at Penguin Random House Canada, has decided to leave the company to pursue other ventures. Jansen joined Penguin Random House Canada from the CBC in 2017 to build its audiobook ... Read More »
May 24, 2022
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