by Cassandra Drudi

Rights deals: Mary Soderstrom, Wraychel Gilmore + two more

Dundurn Press acquiring publisher Meghan Macdonald has acquired world rights to Mary Soderstrom's The Last Bridge. The novel is described as a suspenseful story set against Quebec’s construction industry scandals of the 2010s in which ... Read More »

October 27, 2025

Nova Scotia offers consumers $10 voucher for books from N.S. authors, publishers

By Cassandra Drudi

The government of Nova Scotia has launched a $10 voucher program that will allow Nova Scotians to receive a discount on the cost of a book authored or published in the province. The Nova Scotia ... Read More »

October 27, 2025

BookFest Windsor announces festival closure

By Cassandra Drudi

BookFest Windsor / Festival du livre, the annual literary festival that was first held in the Southwestern Ontario city in 2002, has announced that it will be winding down operations. "With funding decreasing and fewer ... Read More »

October 27, 2025

Karen Solie named joint winner of Forward poetry prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Canadian poet Karen Solie has been named a joint winner of a 2025 Forward Prize for Poetry. The annual awards, which celebrate new poetry in the U.K. and Ireland, were first awarded in 1992. They are ... Read More »

October 26, 2025

Rights deals: Sue Sorensen, Selin Kahramanoğlu + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

Dundurn Press publisher Meghan Macdonald has acquired world rights to Sue Sorensen’s After Buster. The novel is described as a bittersweet comic novel about family, friendship, and romantic entanglement set in Regina, Saskatchewan, at the ... Read More »

October 23, 2025

Vagrant Press marks 20 years of publishing Atlantic fiction

By Cassandra Drudi

In a story that may read as fairytale to aspiring writers, Vagrant Press, the fiction imprint of Halifax-based Nimbus Publishing, came into existence after its first two authors – Lesley Crewe and Allan Donaldson – ... Read More »

October 22, 2025

Cover story: 90 years of Q&Q covers

By Cassandra Drudi

In April 1935, Quill & Quire published its first-ever issue with what it called an “entirely unobtrusive” editorial bow to the trades of stationery and bookselling, as outlined in the magazine’s inaugural editor’s letter. Over ... Read More »

October 22, 2025

Distribution change: Desert Ink Press

By Cassandra Drudi

As of September 2025, Orca Book Distribution is handling the distribution of Desert Ink ... Read More »

October 21, 2025

Indie presses Assembly Press, Brick Books announce merger

By Cassandra Drudi

Two Ontario-based independent presses have announced a merger. Assembly Press, based in Picton, and Kingston-based poetry press Brick Books, announced a merger of operations on October 20. Under the new arrangement, each press will maintain ... Read More »

October 20, 2025

UTP workers vote in favour of strike mandate

By Cassandra Drudi

University of Toronto Press workers have voted in favour of a strike mandate. CUPE 3261, the union that represents more than 130 workers at the UTP Distribution warehouse as well as at University of Toronto ... Read More »

October 20, 2025

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