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Rights deal: Laurie Petrou

House of Anansi Press’s Shivaun Hearne has acquired North American English rights to Laurie Petrou’s The Rayburn Affair. The novel is described as following a struggling writing professor's increasingly complicated relationship with an impressive and ... Read More »

December 10, 2025

Rights deals: Three foreign deals for Kallie George

By Cassandra Drudi

Éditions de l’Élan vert has acquired world French rights to Kallie George’s Mushrooms Know: Wisdom From Our Friends the Fungi, illustrated by Sara Gillingham. The deal was arranged by Greystone Books. Siglo XXI Editores Argentina S.A. ... Read More »

December 4, 2025

New AI writing tool to help users avoid anti-Indigenous bias

By Cassandra Drudi

Shani Gwin is optimistic that a new AI tool under development will help people maintain and strengthen their relationships. The tool, wâsikan kisewâtisiwin, which means kind electricity in Cree, uses an Indigenous-world-view-informed language model to ... Read More »

December 3, 2025

Personnel change: Drawn & Quarterly

By Cassandra Drudi

Kennedy Rooke has been promoted to retail director at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly in Montreal, effective immediately. Rooke has been with Drawn & Quarterly since 2017, when they joined as a part-time bookseller in the ... Read More »

December 3, 2025

P.S. Literary Agency launches emerging writers scholarship

By Cassandra Drudi

P.S. Literary Agency is capping off a month-long celebration of its 20-year anniversary with the announcement of a new scholarship for emerging writers. The agency turned 20 in November, and announced the creation of the ... Read More »

December 1, 2025

Distribution change: Greystone Books

By Cassandra Drudi

As of Jan. 1, 2026, Jaguar Book Group will take on Canadian distribution for Greystone Books, including its imprints Greystone Books, Greystone Kids, and Aldana Libros. Any orders placed with UTP for Greystone winter and ... Read More »

December 1, 2025

Distribution change: Owlkids Books

By Cassandra Drudi

As of Jan. 1, 2026, Owlkids Books will be distributed in Canada by Jaguar Book Group (JBG). University of Toronto Press Distribution (UTP) will accept returns until and including March 31, 2026. Ampersand Inc. will continue ... Read More »

December 1, 2025

Hamilton Review of Books to close

By Cassandra Drudi

Online literary journal the Hamilton Review of Books is stopping publication at the end of the year. Dana Hansen, the publication's founding publisher and editor-in-chief, shared the news on the journal's website on Nov. 27. ... Read More »

November 27, 2025

Rights deals: Todd Babiak, Sue Pimento + two more

By Cassandra Drudi

McClelland & Stewart’s Kelly Joseph has acquired North American rights to Todd Babiak’s What Gentlemen Do. The novel is described as a by-turns hilarious and heartbreaking coming-of-age story about a lost and rejected young man, ... Read More »

November 27, 2025

Thomas King reveals he has no Indigenous ancestry, withdraws forthcoming book from publication

By Cassandra Drudi

Celebrated author Thomas King has revealed he has no Indigenous ancestry. King was born and raised in California but has lived in Canada since moving to Alberta in 1980 to teach Indigenous studies at the ... Read More »

November 26, 2025

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Rights deal: Laurie Petrou

Rights deals: Three foreign deals for Kallie George

New AI writing tool to help users avoid anti-Indigenous bias

Personnel change: Drawn & Quarterly

P.S. Literary Agency launches emerging writers scholarship

Distribution change: Greystone Books

Distribution change: Owlkids Books

Hamilton Review of Books to close

Rights deals: Todd Babiak, Sue Pimento + two more

Thomas King reveals he has no Indigenous ancestry, withdraws forthcoming book from publication

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