by Cassandra Drudi

Personnel changes: Kids Can Press

Yasemin Uçar has been promoted to the newly created role of editorial development director and will play a key role in scouting and developing new talent, particularly those with series, franchise, and page-to-screen potential. She ... Read More »

May 25, 2021

Rights Deals: Vivek Shraya, Kim Fu, and five more

By Cassandra Drudi

McClelland & Stewart’s Anita Chong has acquired Canadian English rights to Vivek Shraya’s The Hystericals. The novel is described as speculative fiction set in a dystopian society where, faced with terrible oppression, women begin to ... Read More »

May 20, 2021

Canadians read more broadly in 2020, BookNet reports

By Cassandra Drudi

Despite having an increase in leisure time in 2020 compared to the previous year, Canadians didn't read more frequently in 2020, according to BookNet's Canadian Leisure and Reading Study 2020. Canadians read more broadly across ... Read More »

May 20, 2021

Joseph Heath wins $50,000 Donner Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Joseph Heath is the winner of the 2020 Donner Prize for his book, The Machinery of Government: Public Administration and the Liberal State (Oxford University Press). The $50,000 prize celebrates Canadian public policy writing. In ... Read More »

May 19, 2021

Rights Deals: Foreign rights for Leslie Kern and Erin Steuter

By Cassandra Drudi

Shanghai People’s Publishing House has acquired Chinese rights to Leslie Kern’s Feminist City. The nonfiction book is described as a collection of essays that combine memoir, theory, pop culture, and geography and invite the reader ... Read More »

May 17, 2021

Distribution changes: LitDistCo

By Cassandra Drudi

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

Rights Deals: Yasuko Thanh, Tamar Glouberman + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

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

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

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

Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

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

Personnel change: Arsenal Pulp Press

By Cassandra Drudi

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

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