by Cassandra Drudi

Rights Deals: Christy Gibson, Ellen Anderson Penno + three more

Hachette Go’s Dan Ambrosio has acquired world rights to physician and trauma specialist Christy Gibson’s The Modern Trauma Toolkit. The nonfiction book is described as an accessible, medical science-based exploration of how trauma impacts our ... Read More »

January 6, 2022

Rights Deals: Camille Hernández-Ramdwar, Jason Jobin + five more

By Cassandra Drudi

Dundurn Press’s Julie Mannell and Alison Isaac have acquired world rights to Camille Hernández-Ramdwar’s Suite as Sugar and Other Stories. The short story collection is described as featuring a range of settings, from Winnipeg winterscapes ... Read More »

January 3, 2022

Yann Martel, Tomson Highway among new Order of Canada appointees

By Cassandra Drudi

Award-winning author Yann Martel and celebrated playwright Tomson Highway are among five authors recently appointed to the Order of Canada. Saskatoon-based Martel, author of Life of Pi, was named a companion to the Order of ... Read More »

January 3, 2022

Personnel changes: Harbour Publishing and Douglas & McIntyre

By Cassandra Drudi

Marisa Alps, director of marketing at Harbour Publishing and Douglas & McIntyre, left the company on December 31, 2021, after 28 years to pursue other endeavours. With the departure of Alps a number of staff ... Read More »

January 3, 2022

Rights Deals: Vivek Shraya, Rebecca Sheir + seven more

By Cassandra Drudi

Owlkids’s publisher Karen Boersma has acquired world rights to Vivek Shraya’s Revenge of the Raccoons. The picture book, to be illustrated by Juliana Neufeld, is described as a tongue-in-cheeky “tail” – inspired by events in ... Read More »

December 16, 2021

2021 in memoriam: those we lost

By Cassandra Drudi

They were authors and activists, poets, editors, publishers, and members of the publishing community. Over the course of this past year, the world of Canadian letters has lost a number of notable individuals. As the ... Read More »

December 15, 2021

Personnel change: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Geffen Semach has permanently joined Penguin Random House Canada in the role ... Read More »

December 15, 2021

Stephen R. Bown and Mark Carney share 2021 National Business Book Award

By Cassandra Drudi

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

Distribution change: Baker & Taylor Publisher Services

By Cassandra Drudi

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