by Cassandra Drudi

Shortlist announced for Stephen Leacock medal

The shortlist has been announced for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The $15,000 prize recognizes literary humour in a Canadian book. Joseph Kertes's Last Impressions is about Zoltan Beck, a patriarch and Holocaust ... Read More »

May 3, 2021

Finalists announced for 2021 Indigenous Voices Awards

By Cassandra Drudi

The finalists for this year's Indigenous Voices Awards have been announced. The awards recognize emerging Indigenous writers. This year's 27 finalists are nominated in nine categories for works in English, French, and Indigenous languages. The ... Read More »

May 3, 2021

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Charlotte Nip has joined Penguin Random House Canada in the newly created role of lifestyle marketing assistant. She will report to associate director, lifestyle marketing, Michelle Arbus. Anaïs Loewen-Young has stepped into the role of advertising ... Read More »

May 3, 2021

Rights Deals: Sheima Benembarek, Meira Cook + nine more

By Cassandra Drudi

Penguin Canada’s David Ross has acquired, in a pre-empt, Canadian rights to Moroccan Canadian journalist and RBC Taylor Prize Emerging Writer Sheima Benembarek’s Halal Sex: The Intimate Lives of North American Muslim Women. The nonfiction ... Read More »

April 29, 2021

Randell Adjei named Ontario’s first poet laureate

By Cassandra Drudi

For the first time ever, Ontario has a poet laureate. Scarborough, Ontario, spoken-word artist Randell Adjei was unanimously confirmed to the role by members of provincial parliament on Wednesday. Adjei, 29, says he feels grateful ... Read More »

April 29, 2021

Rights Deals: Jon Claytor

By Cassandra Drudi

Conundrum Press’s Andy Brown has acquired world English rights to painter Jon Claytor’s Take the Long Way Home. The graphic novel memoir is described as a story of addiction, recovery, and the possibility of redemption ... Read More »

April 26, 2021

A social media collaboration is  commemorated in a new collection

By Cassandra Drudi

When George Toles, 72, joined Facebook in 2008, it was only to keep an eye on his kids. He found the medium dull but had an idea how to make it more interesting. That’s when ... Read More »

April 26, 2021

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Emma Lockhart is stepping into the role of editorial assistant at Knopf Canada. She joined the imprint in the role of administrative assistant in December 2019. Lockhart will report to Knopf Canada publisher Martha Kanya-Forstner. Susan ... Read More »

April 26, 2021

Booksellers get creative to mark Canadian Independent Bookstore Day amid pandemic restrictions

By Cassandra Drudi

The Canadian Independent Booksellers Association is hoping that book buyers across Canada don't let in-person shopping restrictions stop them from supporting their local indies this weekend as booksellers gear up to celebrate Canadian Independent Bookstore ... Read More »

April 22, 2021

Rights Deals: Jasmine Sealy, Mark Hume + 11 more

By Cassandra Drudi

HarperCollins Canada’s Janice Zawerbny has acquired world rights to Jasmine Sealy’s The Island of Forgetting. The novel is described as a multi-generational saga spanning from the 1960s to present day, largely set in a family-owned ... Read More »

April 22, 2021

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