by Cassandra Drudi

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

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

Rights Deals: Teresa Toten, Michael Ignatieff, Thomas King + nine more

By Cassandra Drudi

Scholastic Canada’s Anne Shone has acquired Canadian English rights to Teresa Toten’s Eight Days. The YA novel is described as the story of 14-year-old Samantha, who thought her mother died years ago, and her eight-day ... Read More »

February 18, 2021

Freedom to Read Week 2021 highlights the urgency of intellectual freedom

By Cassandra Drudi

Challenges to books, magazines, and other publications is an ongoing issue in Canada, and materials are likely challenged more often than is reported, according to the Book and Periodical Council’s Intellectual Freedom Committee. “The scale ... Read More »

February 18, 2021

Personnel change: UBC Press

By Cassandra Drudi

Michelle van der Merwe has been hired as assistant director of production and editorial services at UBC Press. She joined UBC Press in 2018 as a production editor, and has extensive production experience in book ... Read More »

February 17, 2021

Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Cody Caetano has been promoted to associate agent at the Transatlantic Agency, representing fiction and nonfiction and particularly championing new Anishinaabe and First Nations voices. Caetano, whose forthcoming memoir is expected for publication in 2022, joined the ... Read More »

February 17, 2021