by Cassandra Drudi

Michelle Good, Max Wyman among 2023 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy finalists

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced five finalists for the 2023 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy. The $60,000 annual award, now in its third year, recognizes nonfiction books that advance policy discussions about social, ... Read More »

October 4, 2023

Rights Deal: Rukhsana Khan

By Cassandra Drudi

Random House Children’s Books’s Heidi Kilgras has acquired world rights to Rukhsana Khan’s Rabia’s Eid, to be illustrated by Debby Rahmalia. The early reader book is described as taking place on Eid-al-fitr – the last ... Read More »

October 2, 2023

Personnel changes: The Rights Factory

By Cassandra Drudi

Kathleen (Kat) Foxx joins The Rights Factory as an assistant agent. Previously, she was an editorial assistant at the agency and is a freelance fiction editor. Jes Trudel also joins as assistant agent. Previously, she ... Read More »

October 2, 2023

2023 ReLit Awards winners announced

By Cassandra Drudi

The three winners of the 2023 ReLit Awards, the last edition of the prize before the awards go on hiatus, were announced on September 29. The winners are: Poetry: Flyway by Sarah Ens (Turnstone Press) Short ... Read More »

October 2, 2023

Rights Deals: Sam Wiebe, Su Chang + seven more

By Cassandra Drudi

Harbour Publishing has acquired North American rights to Sam Wiebe’s Ocean Drive. The book is described as a Pacific Northwest crime thriller, in which ex-convict Cameron Shaw infiltrates a cross-border crime syndicate, while the murder-by-arson ... Read More »

September 28, 2023

Indie publisher Assembly Press launches counselling service

By Cassandra Drudi

Independent publisher Assembly Press has launched a service they are calling guidance counselling. The service offers advice for those in need of advice for their writing or publishing careers as part of Assembly's commitment "to ... Read More »

September 28, 2023

Maria Campbell wins 2023 Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence

By Cassandra Drudi

Maria Campbell has been named the winner of the 2023 Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence. The $10,000 award is given annually by the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild to recognize Saskatchewan writers with a ... Read More »

September 28, 2023

2023 Cundill History Prize shortlist announced

By Cassandra Drudi

Eight books have been shortlisted for the 2023 Cundill History Prize. The $75,000 (U.S.) prize, administered by McGill University, is awarded annually to a book that embodies historical scholarship, originality, literary quality, and broad appeal. ... Read More »

September 27, 2023

Rebecca Hirsch Garcia on her debut collection and ECW’s BIPOC writers mentorship program

By Cassandra Drudi

Toronto-based independent publisher ECW Press launched a mentorship program in the spring of 2021 to promote diverse and inclusive voices in the book trade. More than 40 BIPOC mentees have taken part in the program ... Read More »

September 27, 2023

Agony Editor: What to do when your writing group is ghosted

By Cassandra Drudi

Dear Agony Editor, I’m in a writing group. One of the members hasn’t attended a meeting in more than two years. When asked, he said he was still interested in participating, to keep him on ... Read More »

September 27, 2023

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