by Cassandra Drudi

Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

Evan Brown has been promoted to full literary agent at the Transatlantic Agency. Brown has been an associate agent and member of the international rights division for the last two years, where he helped broker ... Read More »

November 1, 2021

Rights Deals: Deborah Hemming, Michelle Porter + 14 more

By Cassandra Drudi

House of Anansi's Doug Richmond has acquired North American English rights to Deborah Hemming's Goddess. The novel is described as the story of an up-and-coming young writer who is lured to an exclusive retreat on a remote ... Read More »

October 29, 2021

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Dylan Browne has joined the design team at Penguin Random House Canada in the role of junior designer. Matthew Flute joins the ... Read More »

October 28, 2021

Jessica Mosher named president, publisher, and CEO of UTP

By Cassandra Drudi

University of Toronto Press has a new president. Jessica Mosher will be taking over as president, publisher, and CEO as of November 1. Mosher, who has three decades of experience in educational publishing, worked most ... Read More »

October 27, 2021

Frankfurt a success, Canada FBM2021 organizers say

By Cassandra Drudi

FRANKFURT – With the passing of the baton to Spain on Sunday and closing its unprecedented two years as the guest of honour country at the Frankfurt Book Fair on a high note, the Canada ... Read More »

October 27, 2021

2021 Vine Awards shortlist announced

By Cassandra Drudi

The Koffler Centre of the Arts has announced the finalists for the 2021 Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature. The annual awards honour Canadian writers who are Jewish or who deal with Jewish subjects across ... Read More »

October 27, 2021

Rights Deals: Foreign rights for Joshua Whitehead and Howard Green

By Cassandra Drudi

Mémoire d'encrier has acquired world French rights to Joshua Whitehead’s forthcoming Making Love with the Land. The deal was arranged by Carolyn Buszynski at Cooke International, on behalf of Stephanie Sinclair at CookeMcDermid Agency. Jie ... Read More »

October 25, 2021

The Puritan launches Austin Clarke Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

The Puritan literary magazine has launched the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence. The annual prize for fiction and poetry, formerly known as the Thomas Morton Prize, was renamed this month to honour the memory ... Read More »

October 20, 2021

The cover of Suzanne Simard's Finding the Mother Tree with a photo of the author

Bestsellers: Suzanne Simard’s nonfiction debut takes  people back to their roots

By Cassandra Drudi

In Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest (Allen Lane), Suzanne Simard shares how she discovered the forest’s underground fungal communication networks, alongside the story of her life in the woods. The ... Read More »

October 20, 2021

‘We’re here, we made it’: Canada FBM2021 takes centre stage

By Cassandra Drudi

FRANKFURT — In keeping with the motto “Re:connect — Welcome back to Frankfurt,” Canada takes the spotlight this week as guest of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair, creating the first hybrid pavilion and bringing ... Read More »

October 20, 2021

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