by Cassandra Drudi

Rights deals: Nancy Vo, Marcia Anderson + two more

Groundwood Books’s Karen Li has acquired world rights to author-illustrator Nancy Vo’s Ellway. The picture book is described as a gently humorous story about a trio of companions who work together to problem-solve when they hear ... Read More »

January 15, 2026

2026 Spring Preview: Fiction

By Cassandra Drudi

Over the course of three instalments, Q&Q presents the titles we’re most excited about this spring. This week’s instalment features novels. Short fiction and poetry titles will be featured next week, with nonfiction to be ... Read More »

January 14, 2026

Former Vancouver Writers Fest artistic director and CBC host Hal Wake dead at 73

By Cassandra Drudi

Festival artistic director and literary champion Hal Wake has died. He was 73, and died at home on Vancouver Island on Jan. 7, according to his family. "He loved words. He loved books. He loved writers. ... Read More »

January 14, 2026

Orca Book Publishers acquires Polestar Calendars

By Cassandra Drudi

Orca Book Publishers has acquired Canadian calendar company Polestar Calendars. Polestar was started in the early 1980s by Julian Ross, who needed a better way to organize his time as a university student than the ... Read More »

January 14, 2026

Personnel changes: Kids Can Press

By Cassandra Drudi

Jennifer Grimbleby has been promoted to senior managing editor after 16 years with Kids Can Press. She previously served as managing editor. Genie MacLeod has been promoted to senior production editor from her previous role as production ... Read More »

January 14, 2026

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Evan Klein has been promoted to director, U.S. and client sales at Penguin Random House Canada. Catherine Knowles has been promoted to director, U.S. and client marketing and publicity. Beth Cockeram has been promoted to ... Read More »

January 12, 2026

Giller Prize names all-indie bookseller jury for 2026 prize

By Cassandra Drudi

For the first time, the Giller Prize has named a jury made entirely of independent Canadian booksellers in what the prize calls “a radical reimagining” of its selection process. The jury for the 2026 Giller ... Read More »

January 12, 2026

Rights deals: Shyam Selvadurai, Ali Bryan + two more

By Cassandra Drudi

Knopf Canada editor-in-chief Lynn Henry has acquired Canadian rights to Shyam Selvadurai’s And All the Time Our Hearts Were on Fire. The novel is described as a profoundly personal story of memory and exile, as an older ... Read More »

January 8, 2026

Personnel change: P.S. Literary Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Elizabeth Guthrie has joined P.S. Literary Agency as associate literary agent. ... Read More »

January 8, 2026

15 books named to 2026 CBC Reads longlist

By Cassandra Drudi

CBC’s Canada Reads has released its longlist for this year’s battle of the books, and its theme for this year's contest: books that demonstrate the power storytelling has to inspire, connect, and grow. This year's longlist ... Read More »

January 8, 2026

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