by Cassandra Drudi

Rights Deals: Tomas Hachard, K.J. Aiello + five more

Flying Books’s Martha Sharpe has acquired world rights, including audiobook and ebook rights in all languages, to Tomas Hachard’s City in Flames. The debut novel is described as a dystopian love story set in a ... Read More »

February 10, 2022

Submissions open for inaugural $150,000 Carol Shields prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Two years after the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction was announced, submissions have opened for the inaugural award, which will honour a Canadian or American female author. “We are thrilled to be able to offer ... Read More »

February 10, 2022

Personnel change: Greystone Books

By Cassandra Drudi

Megan Radford has joined Greystone Books in the newly created position of sales manager. Previously, Radford was district sales manager for Western Canada at Penguin Random House Canada and sales manager at Raincoast Books. Radford ... Read More »

February 10, 2022

2022 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlist announced

By Cassandra Drudi

The five titles shortlisted for the 2022 Lionel Gelber Prize look to the recent past for lessons for our collective future. The $15,000 prize, awarded annually to a nonfiction book in English, was established in ... Read More »

February 10, 2022

A man prepares a plate of food for a waiting youth.

Libraries embrace #BookTok to increase engagement with their patrons

By Cassandra Drudi

When the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered libraries across Canada, librarians had to find new ways to engage with – and stay connected to – their patrons and readers. While many libraries expanded their online content, hosted ... Read More »

February 9, 2022

Opinion: Federal copyright repair is an immediate need

By Cassandra Drudi

At the end of July 2021, with extraordinary speed and marked by controversy, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruled on two appeals in the long-standing York University v. Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright) ... Read More »

February 9, 2022

Personnel change: Figure 1 Publishing

By Cassandra Drudi

Heidi Waechtler will be joining Figure 1 Publishing as the new director of sales and distribution. She will oversee Figure 1’s sales, distribution, and rights network. Waechtler begins in the new position on March 21. ... Read More »

February 9, 2022

$40K U.S. nonfiction grant opens to Canadian writers

By Cassandra Drudi

For the first time, Canadian nonfiction writers will be eligible to apply for a major American grant, as the annual $40,000 (U.S.) Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant expands its eligibility criteria to include Canadians. The grant ... Read More »

February 8, 2022

Rights Deals: Wendy H. Wong + Brian Francis

By Cassandra Drudi

MIT Press’s Gita Manaktala has bought world English rights to Wendy H. Wong’s Datafied: Rebooting Human Rights in the Digital Age. The nonfiction book by the human rights scholar argues that data about us — ... Read More »

February 7, 2022

Matt Williams stepping down at House of Anansi

By Cassandra Drudi

House of Anansi Press vice-president Matt Williams is leaving the company after more than 20 years to focus on a new venture outside of publishing, the press announced. Williams will spend the next two months ... Read More »

February 7, 2022

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