Rights deals: Emma Donoghue and Kelly S. Thompson

HarperCollins Canada’s Iris Tupholme has acquired Canadian rights to bestselling author Emma Donoghue’s Blaze. The novel is described as set in a ruined, violent New York in 2040, as a young pigeon comes of age ... Read More »

December 11, 2025

Plus ça change: 90 years of publishing-industry issues from the archives

By Cassandra Drudi

Over 90 years, many things have changed here at Q&Q – the size of our staff, for starters. But the publication has kept a close eye on the book trade in Canada over the decades, ... Read More »

December 10, 2025

From the archives: 90 years of novelties

By Cassandra Drudi

The photo is arresting enough on its own, even from a distance. A group of seven people, the men in suits, the women in blouses and long skirts, posed formally around a dining table on ... Read More »

December 10, 2025

Personnel changes: Page Two

By Cassandra Drudi

At Page Two, Leslie Bootle has been promoted to the role of sales and marketing director; Kirstin Richter has joined as associate director of sales and marketing; and Rachel Seigel has been promoted to sales ... Read More »

December 10, 2025

Rights deal: Laurie Petrou

By Cassandra Drudi

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

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