by Cassandra Drudi

Rights Deals: Foreign rights for Clifford Jackman and Shashi Bhat

Canelo’s Craig Lye has acquired U.K. and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, for Giller-longlisted author Clifford Jackman’s The Braver Thing. The novel is set in 1721 at the end of the golden age of piracy, in ... Read More »

March 8, 2021

Personnel changes: Penguin Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Associate editor Deborah Sun de la Cruz has been promoted to editor. She acquires literary and commercial fiction, working with authors such as Lindsay Wong, Thea Lim, Sophie Mackintosh, K-Ming Chang, Karma Brown, Clare Pooley, ... Read More »

March 8, 2021

Rights Deals: Erica Alini, foreign rights for Lisa Bird-Wilson and Elamin Abdelmahmoud + five more

By Cassandra Drudi

Wattpad Books’s Deanna McFadden has acquired world rights to Fallon MacLean’s The Stiletto Sisterhood. The novel is described as the story of the trials and triumphs of five twentysomethings whose friendship is put to the ... Read More »

March 4, 2021

Waubgeshig Rice, Jennifer David’s new podcast Storykeepers is an audio book club on Indigenous lit

By Cassandra Drudi

Storykeepers, a new monthly podcast about Indigenous literature by co-hosts and authors Waubgeshig Rice and Jennifer David, aims to bring conversations about Indigenous books to a wider audience in an audio book-club format. “We are ... Read More »

March 4, 2021

Rights Deals: Nine foreign rights deals

By Cassandra Drudi

Rights to Dave Zarum's NBA 75: The Definitive History have been sold in Poland, Germany, France, and China. The deals were arranged by Firefly Books's Parisa Michailidis. Rights for books 1-8 in the TV-to-book adaptation ... Read More »

March 1, 2021

Rights Deals: Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki, Kai Thomas, and four more

By Cassandra Drudi

Drawn & Quarterly has acquired world rights to an original graphic novel from Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki. The book, which is still untitled, is described as the story of high-school best friends Zoe and ... Read More »

February 25, 2021

Between the Lines to publish mining book dropped by Springer Nature over libel chill

By Cassandra Drudi

A book about Canadian mining in Guatemala that was dropped by its European publisher over potential legal concerns last year will be published this fall by Between the Lines. Testimonio: Canadian Mining in the Aftermath ... Read More »

February 25, 2021

TIFA brings discussion of Tom Stoppard’s life and works to virtual stage

By Cassandra Drudi

The Toronto International Festival of Authors is hosting a discussion and performance of famed British playwright Tom Stoppard's works online next month. "Tom Stoppard: From Stage to Page" will stream on March 6 at ... Read More »

February 24, 2021

Rights Deals: Kathy Friedman, foreign rights for Seth + six more

By Cassandra Drudi

House of Anansi’s Douglas Richmond has acquired world rights to Kathy Friedman’s All the Shining People. The debut short-story collection explores themes of migration, diaspora, and belonging within greater Toronto's large Jewish South African community, as ... Read More »

February 22, 2021

Q&A: Louise B. Halfe will highlight Aboriginal writers as Parliamentary poet laureate

By Cassandra Drudi

Award-winning Cree poet Louise B. Halfe was appointed Canada's ninth parliamentary poet laureate earlier this month. Halfe, who also goes by the Cree name Sky Dancer, is the first Indigenous poet named to the ... Read More »

February 22, 2021

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Rights Deals: Foreign rights for Clifford Jackman and Shashi Bhat

Personnel changes: Penguin Canada

Rights Deals: Erica Alini, foreign rights for Lisa Bird-Wilson and Elamin Abdelmahmoud + five more

Waubgeshig Rice, Jennifer David’s new podcast Storykeepers is an audio book club on Indigenous lit

Rights Deals: Nine foreign rights deals

Rights Deals: Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki, Kai Thomas, and four more

Between the Lines to publish mining book dropped by Springer Nature over libel chill

TIFA brings discussion of Tom Stoppard’s life and works to virtual stage

Rights Deals: Kathy Friedman, foreign rights for Seth + six more

Q&A: Louise B. Halfe will highlight Aboriginal writers as Parliamentary poet laureate

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