For the first time in the 36-year history of the National Business Book Award, two books have been named winners of the $30,000 award. Stephen R. Bown won for his book The Company: The Rise ... Read More »
December 15, 2021
Baker & Taylor Publisher Services has signed the following sales and distribution agreements, with Canadian sales representation provided by Ampersand Inc.: worldwide sales and distribution for Little Feminist, effective immediately worldwide sales and distribution for ... Read More »
December 15, 2021
Monique Thompson has joined Kids Can Press as an editorial assistant as of November 22, 2021. Thompson is a recent graduate of ... Read More »
December 15, 2021
The future of Greystone Books is an evolution rather than a revolution. Jen Gauthier, the new publisher at the independent Vancouver publishing house, plans to continue Greystone’s focus on nonfiction, as well as the translation and ... Read More »
December 15, 2021
Random House Canada’s executive editor and vice president Anne Collins and publisher Sue Kuruvilla have acquired Canadian rights to Wes Hall’s No Bootstraps When You’re Barefoot. The memoir is described as a story of drive, ... Read More »
December 13, 2021
The Writers’s Trust of Canada is launching a new program to help publicize books published during the pandemic by authors who identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of colour. Amplified Voices will promote 25 books ... Read More »
December 13, 2021
Shaun Bradley, a senior agent and founding member of the Transatlantic Agency, is retiring after 20 years at the agency. Bradley will continue to oversee her clients' already existing contracts alongside their new agents but ... Read More »
December 13, 2021
Random House Canada’s Sarah Jackson has acquired Canadian rights to Genevieve Scott’s Power Lines as well as a second, untitled book. Power Lines is described as a propulsive novel examining the widespread and varied impacts ... Read More »
December 9, 2021
It’s not unusual to spot David A. Robertson’s name on the bestsellers charts. The prolific author and two-time Governor General’s Award winner has had multiple bestselling titles over the past year, including The Barren Grounds ... Read More »
December 8, 2021
Effective December 1, Inhabit Education Books has assumed in-house management of their own Canadian distribution. All purchase orders should be directed to Inhabit Education Books. University of Toronto Press Distribution will continue to accept returns ... Read More »
December 8, 2021
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