LitDistCo has a number of distribution changes to announce. LitDistCo will be taking on distribution of Renaissance Press as of ... Read More »
May 17, 2021
Penguin Canada's publisher Nicole Winstanley has acquired Canadian English-language rights to Yasuko Thanh’s To the Bridge. The novel is described as the story of a woman whose teenage daughter has attempted suicide. Publication is expected ... Read More »
May 13, 2021
Karen Ma has joined the Indigo sales team at Penguin Random House Canada in the role of sales manager. Previously, she was in sales at HarperCollins Canada. Ma will report to director, Indigo sales, Jenna Simpson. ... Read More »
May 12, 2021
Elizabeth Bennett, a senior agent at the Transatlantic Agency, has been made partner. Bennett, primarily a children’s and YA agent, represents a balanced list of talented picture book, graphic novel, middle grade, and YA authors ... Read More »
May 12, 2021
Jaiden Dembo has joined Arsenal Pulp Press as marketing and publicity manager effective May 1. Previously, Dembo worked with Vancouver Writers Fest, in the publishing program at Simon Fraser University, and as a freelance editor. ... Read More »
May 10, 2021
House of Anansi’s Michelle MacAleese has acquired world rights to Josiah Neufeld’s The Temple at the End of the Universe. The nonfiction book is described as literary journalism that explores how widespread ecological crisis is ... Read More »
May 10, 2021
The winners of the Doug Wright Awards have been announced. More than 200 viewers tuned in to the livestream of the virtual awards ceremony over the weekend. Filmmaker Don McKellar hosted the event. The winners ... Read More »
May 10, 2021
Before the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered libraries across the country in March 2020, the Calgary Public Library was working toward launching a new program: a community wellness desk that would offer free support for mental health ... Read More »
May 10, 2021
Penguin Canada's Deborah Sun de la Cruz has acquired Canadian English rights to Charlotte Gill's Almost Brown. The memoir is described as a heartwarming book about a truly dysfunctional mixed-race family: two deeply eccentric parents, ... Read More »
May 6, 2021
The League of Canadian Poets has announced the winners of this year's book awards. Bertrand Bickersteth is the winner of the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for The Response of Weeds (NeWest Press). The $2,000 award ... Read More »
May 6, 2021
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