by Cassandra Drudi

2021 Giller Prize longlist announced

The longlist for the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize has been announced. It includes three short-story collections and nine novels. The jurors read 132 books from which the longlisted titles were selected. The longlisted authors are: ... Read More »

September 8, 2021

Opinion: Canada needs a consistently updated dictionary

By Cassandra Drudi

Cast your mind back. The year is 2004. Franz Ferdinand’s “Take Me Out” is playing on the radio. What are you doing? What books and magazines are on your nightstand? What do you hear yourself ... Read More »

September 8, 2021

Personnel change: P.S. Literary Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Elizabeth Fithian has joined P.S. Literary Agency as a literary agent. She was previously an agent director at ... Read More »

September 7, 2021

Wolsak and Wynn launching speculative fiction imprint

By Cassandra Drudi

Wolsak and Wynn is launching a dedicated speculative fiction imprint. Poplar Press, a renewal of the existing Wolsak and Wynn imprint, will be headed by Wolsak and Wynn managing editor Ashley Hisson and production coordinator ... Read More »

September 1, 2021

A Different Booklist looks ahead to an expanded  home

By Cassandra Drudi

Toronto independent bookstore A Different Booklist and the Grammy-winning song “Who Let the Dogs Out” may not seem to have much in common. But when co-owner Itah Sadu realized the bookstore and cultural centre’s new ... Read More »

September 1, 2021

Rights Deals: Saeed Teebi

By Cassandra Drudi

House of Anansi Press has acquired world rights to Saeed Teebi’s Her First Palestinian. The debut short story collection is described as engaging with the experiences of Palestinians in the diaspora; the title story was ... Read More »

August 30, 2021

Elsa Johnston named interim director of University of Regina Press

By Cassandra Drudi

The University of Regina Press has named a new interim director. Elsa Johnston took up the role on August 9. Johnston has more than 15 years’ experience in publishing and communications. She worked most recently ... Read More »

August 26, 2021

Rights Deal: Sam Shelstad

By Cassandra Drudi

TouchWood Editions imprint Brindle & Glass’s Tori Elliott has acquired world rights in all languages excluding Spanish to Sam Shelstad’s Citizens of Light. The novel is described as a comic literary noir about a telemarketer ... Read More »

August 26, 2021