by Cassandra Drudi

Maggie Helwig wins 2025 Toronto Book Award

Maggie Helwig has won the 2025 Toronto Book Award for her book Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community. Helwig was one of six writers shortlisted for this year's award, which honours works of literary ... Read More »

October 16, 2025

Rights deals: Craig Shreve and Thomas Wharton

By Cassandra Drudi

Simon and Schuster Canada’s Grace O’Connell has acquired Canadian rights to Craig Shreve’s The Maroon King. The novel, based on a true story, is described as a visceral, sweeping historical novel that reimagines one of ... Read More »

October 16, 2025

Jennifer Lambert named PACLA Person of the Year

By Cassandra Drudi

HarperCollins Canada editor-in-chief Jennifer Lambert has been named the recipient of the 2025 Professional Association of Canadian Literary Agents (PACLA) Person of the Year award. The award, now in its third year, recognizes “exemplary individuals ... Read More »

October 15, 2025

Smaller Canadian presence at Frankfurt Book Fair 2025 no less determined

By Cassandra Drudi

This year’s Livres Canada Books stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair is noticeably smaller than last year’s, and although fair attendance tends to fluctuate naturally from year to year, the drop points to the ongoing ... Read More »

October 15, 2025

Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm named 2025 Ivy Award recipient

By Cassandra Drudi

Kegedonce Press publisher Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm has been named the recipient of the 2025 Ivy Award. Akiwenzie-Damm will be presented with the award on Oct. 29 at an event during the upcoming Toronto International Festival of ... Read More »

October 15, 2025

Personnel changes: Kids Can Press

By Cassandra Drudi

Art director Marie Bartholomew retired from Kids Can Press in July after more than 30 years with the company. Andrew Dupuis has been promoted to art director. Dupuis has been at Kids Can Press for 12 years ... Read More »

October 15, 2025

House of Anansi Press looks to collaborative new board to address industry issues

By Cassandra Drudi

House of Anansi Press owner Scott Griffin has big goals for the storied independent press’s newly announced board. The press announced its restructuring plans last week. President Semarah Al-Hillal will step down from that role ... Read More »

October 15, 2025

Rights deal: Tom Ryan

By Cassandra Drudi

A + E Studios producer Peter Johnson has acquired television rights to Tom Ryan’s novel We Had a Hunch. Ryan will executive produce. He is represented by Echo Lake Entertainment, Samantha Haywood and Amy Tompkins ... Read More »

October 14, 2025

Rights deals: Cale Plett, Theresa Therrien + four more

By Cassandra Drudi

Delacort’s Alison Romig has acquired world English rights to Cale Plett’s Stranglehold. The YA book is described as a queer YA horror novel in which, after two tragic accidents that leave a nonbinary teen’s best ... Read More »

October 9, 2025

Omar El Akkad named 2025 National Book Award finalist

By Cassandra Drudi

Canadian writer Omar El Akkad has been named a finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction. The National Book Awards are annual American literary prizes administered by the National Book Foundation, and honour the ... Read More »

October 9, 2025

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