by Cassandra Drudi

Leslie Gentile and Briony Penn named 2021 Victoria Book Prize winners

The winners of the 2021 Victoria Book Prizes have been announced. Leslie Gentile won the $5,000 City of Victoria Children's Book Prize for her book Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer (Cormorant Books, Dancing ... Read More »

October 4, 2021

Rights Deals: Patricia Westerhof, Christine Higdon + five more

By Cassandra Drudi

Dundurn Press’s president and publisher Scott Fraser has acquired world English rights to Patricia Westerhof’s The Canadian Guide to Creative Writing and Publishing. The title is described as a handbook for Canadian writers at all ... Read More »

September 30, 2021

2021 a record year for printer: Friesens

By Cassandra Drudi

It’s only a week into fall, but booksellers and publishers alike are already cautioning that if shoppers have particular titles they are hoping to give as gifts this winter, they should think about buying them ... Read More »

September 29, 2021

Finalists named for $60k Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Five finalists have been chosen for the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. The winner of the prize, which was renamed earlier this year in honour of Writers’ Trust co-founders Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson, ... Read More »

September 29, 2021

Rights Deals: Zoe Whittall and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

By Cassandra Drudi

Ballantine’s Andra Miller and HarperCollins Canada’s Iris Tupholme have acquired North American rights to Zoe Whittall’s Wild Failure. The story collection is described as steeped in explorations of femme desire, agency, violence, dislocation, and anxiety, ... Read More »

September 27, 2021

Rights Deals: Geddy Lee, David Suzuki and Tanya Lloyd Kyi + 10 more

By Cassandra Drudi

HarperCollins’s Marta Schooler has acquired world English rights to Geddy Lee’s untitled memoir. The book from the Rush bassist is described as telling the full story of his life on and off the stage, from ... Read More »

September 23, 2021

Ronald J. Deibert wins $25K Writers’ Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Ronald J. Deibert has been named the winner of the Writers’ Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Deibert was awarded the $25,000 prize for Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society (House of Anansi ... Read More »

September 22, 2021

Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Chandler Crawford, an international publishing agent with 39 years of experience, is joining the Transatlantic Agency. Crawford most recently ran her own agency, Chandler Crawford Agency, where she was president. At Transatlantic she will continue ... Read More »

September 22, 2021

Distribution change: Fitzhenry & Whiteside

By Cassandra Drudi

Effective Oct. 1, Thomas Allen & Son will assume the distribution for Fitzhenry & Whiteside. As of that date, all orders for Fitzhenry & Whiteside and associated imprints should be directed to Thomas Allen & ... Read More »

September 20, 2021