by Cassandra Drudi

Personnel change: The Rights Factory

Stuti Shah has joined The Rights Factory as associate agent and associate film and TV agent, representing commercial and upmarket fiction across genres, narrative-driven nonfiction, and concept-driven books with film and TV adaptation potential. She ... Read More »

July 14, 2026

Rights deals: Zalika Reid-Benta, Wayne Arthurson + five more

By Cassandra Drudi

Tundra Books’s Lynne Missen has acquired world rights to Zalika Reid-Benta’s Esme’s Happy Place, to be illustrated by Camilla Sucre. The picture book is described as following Esme on the last day of summer as ... Read More »

July 13, 2026

Rights deal: Janna McFatridge

By Cassandra Drudi

Nimbus Publishing’s Angela Mombourquette has acquired world rights to journalist Janna McFatridge’s Unredacted: The Clayton Miller Story. The nonfiction book is described as a true crime story 35 years in the making about the investigation into ... Read More »

July 9, 2026

Hachette employees vote to unionize

By Cassandra Drudi

Employees at Hachette Book Group have voted to unionize. In a vote of union-eligible employees at HBG's head office and other locations, employees voted in favour of unionizing by a margin of 388-130, the Hachette ... Read More »

July 9, 2026

Simon Fraser University suspending Master of Publishing program

By Cassandra Drudi

Simon Fraser University (SFU) announced this week that it will be closing its Master of Publishing program to new admissions after this fall's cohort begins, marking an end to the 16-month professional degree established in ... Read More »

July 8, 2026

Shop Talk: Spencer Books

By Cassandra Drudi

Spencer Books 19 Main St, Unit 1 Warkworth, Ontario As Spencer Books owner Sarah Lilleyman was finishing her second maternity leave in 2025, she decided it was time to hit pause on the corporate world ... Read More »

July 8, 2026

Shortlist announced for 2026 Sunburst Award

By Cassandra Drudi

Five books have been shortlisted for the 2026 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Jurors A.G. Pasquella, Daniel Perry, and A.C. Wise selected the longlist from more than 100 submitted books. ... Read More »

July 6, 2026

Rights deal: Wayne Ng

By Cassandra Drudi

Cormorant Books’s Marc Côté has acquired world English and French rights to Wayne Ng’s Sweetmeat. The novel is described as following the rise of a Michelin‑starred chef from 1990s Hong Kong to Toronto's culinary uber-elite ... Read More »

July 2, 2026

Three writers inducted into Canadian sci-fi hall of fame

By Cassandra Drudi

Kelley Armstrong, James Alan Gardner, and Mike Glicksohn have been inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association's Hall of Fame. The organization announced this year's inductees on July 2. The hall of fame ... Read More »

July 2, 2026

Survey on AI use in book industry aims to capture overview

By Cassandra Drudi

BookNet and the U.S.-based Book Industry Study Group (BISG) are hoping that a new survey on AI use in the North American book industry will provide a detailed overview of how those in the industry ... Read More »

June 30, 2026

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