by Cassandra Drudi

Rights Deals: Josiah Neufeld, Amy Stuart, and Michal Majernik

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

Doug Wright award winners announced

By Cassandra Drudi

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

How Canadian libraries are supporting their communities’ health and wellness

By Cassandra Drudi

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

Rights Deals: Charlotte Gill, Wayne Johnston + 10 more

By Cassandra Drudi

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

League of Canadian Poets announces 2021 awards winners

By Cassandra Drudi

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

Shortlist announced for Stephen Leacock medal

By Cassandra Drudi

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

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