by Cassandra Drudi

Greystone’s second-ever publisher, Jen Gauthier, on press’s future

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

Rights Deal: Wes Hall

By Cassandra Drudi

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

New Writers’ Trust project to boost publicity for books by BIPOC authors

By Cassandra Drudi

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

Transatlantic Agency’s Shaun Bradley retiring

By Cassandra Drudi

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

Rights Deals: Genevieve Scott, Yann Martel + four more

By Cassandra Drudi

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

Bestsellers: David A. Robertson has had books on the bestsellers lists for a combined 118 weeks

By Cassandra Drudi

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

Distribution change: Inhabit Education Books

By Cassandra Drudi

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

New anthology of Filipino-Canadian writing calling for submissions

By Cassandra Drudi

An upcoming anthology of Filipino-Canadian writing is seeking submissions of fiction and nonfiction. Magdaragat, which means one who travels by sea in Tagalog, is accepting submissions of previously unpublished prose from Filipino-Canadian writers that responds ... Read More »

December 8, 2021

Rights Deals: Drew Hayden Taylor, Derek Mascarenhas + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

McClelland & Stewart’s Joe Lee and Jared Bland have acquired world rights to Drew Hayden Taylor’s Cold in a two-book deal. The novel is described as a tale blending horror, mystery, humour, and Indigenous folklore ... Read More »

December 6, 2021

Rights Deals: Nick Cutter and Andrew F. Sullivan, Hazel Jane Plante + 11 more

By Cassandra Drudi

Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books’s Ed Schlesinger has acquired North American rights to Nick Cutter and Andrew F. Sullivan’s The Handyman Method. The novel is described as a story of terror in which a family moves ... Read More »

December 2, 2021

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