by Cassandra Drudi

Distribution change: Owlkids Books

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

Ad Archive: A glance back at some industry advertising in Q&Q

By Cassandra Drudi

Over the years, Quill & Quire has run ads from pencil manufacturers, industry suppliers, booksellers, literary festivals, and, of course, Canadian publishers of all sizes (and ownership models). As we mark our 90th anniversary in ... Read More »

November 26, 2025

Shop Talk: Hopeless Romantic Bookshop

By Cassandra Drudi

Shop Talk is an occasional feature in which fledgling independent booksellers take Q&Q into their stores and share their reasons for opening and what business has been like so far. Hopeless Romantic Bookshop 1080 Queen ... Read More »

November 26, 2025

New Canada Post stamps feature work of six graphic novelists

By Cassandra Drudi

Six Canadian graphic novelists are being honoured with a set of stamps featuring their work. Canada Post announced the six-stamp series on Nov. 20. It is the second time that the Crown corporation has issued ... Read More »

November 26, 2025

Vince Beiser wins 2025 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy

By Cassandra Drudi

A book from an award-winning journalist about the paradox that underlies the future of clean energy has won the $70,000 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy. Vince Beiser's Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That ... Read More »

November 25, 2025

Rights deals: Five foreign rights deals

By Cassandra Drudi

Naklada Ljevak has acquired world Croatian rights to Michael Crummey’s The Adversary. The deal was arranged by Shemaiah Rose at Intercontinental Literary Agency, on behalf of Carolyn Buszynski at CookeMcDermid Agency, for Martha Webb. Cantinela Editora ... Read More »

November 24, 2025

Rights deals: Claire Horn, Dina Del Bucchia + two more

By Cassandra Drudi

Simon & Schuster Canada’s Amanda Betts has acquired Canadian English rights to Claire Horn’s Women at Rest: The Legacy of Rest as Cure, Control and Commodity. The nonfiction book is described as a historical and contemporary ... Read More »

November 20, 2025

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