by Cassandra Drudi

Rights Deals: Jon Claytor

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

Rights deals: Jeremy John and Emily Weedon

By Cassandra Drudi

Dundurn Press’s associate publisher Kathryn Lane has acquired world rights to Jeremy John’s Robert’s Hill (or The Time I Pooped My Snowsuit) and Other Christmas Stories. The fiction book is described as a collection of ... Read More »

April 19, 2021

LPG launches $1,000 bursary to honour Luciana Ricciutelli

By Cassandra Drudi

The Literary Press Group of Canada has announced a new annual $1,000 bursary named after the late Luciana Ricciutelli, editor-in-chief of feminist press Inanna Publications. The Luciana Ricciutelli Memorial Bursary at Centennial College will be ... Read More »

April 19, 2021

Rights Deals: Dan Leger, Russell Wangersky, and two more

By Cassandra Drudi

Nimbus Publishing’s general manager Terrilee Bulger and nonfiction editor Angela Mombourquette have acquired world rights to author and journalist Dan Leger’s biography of former Nova Scotia premier Stephen McNeil. The book is described as taking ... Read More »

April 15, 2021

Personnel change: Wolsak and Wynn

By Cassandra Drudi

Award-winning author Mahak Jain has joined Wolsak and Wynn imprint Buckrider Books' editorial board, effective immediately. She will join poet Liz Howard and senior editor Paul Vermeersch. Jain’s picture book Maya (illustrated by Elly Mackay) ... Read More »

April 15, 2021

COVID-19 exacerbates the existing crisis  of early literacy

By Cassandra Drudi

Literacy organizations are calling for support from Canadian publishing professionals as students learning to read in virtual environments struggle to keep up. The organizations hope placing the spotlight on young struggling readers will help address ... Read More »

April 15, 2021

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