by Cassandra Drudi

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

Evan Klein has been promoted to director, U.S. and client sales at Penguin Random House Canada. Catherine Knowles has been promoted to director, U.S. and client marketing and publicity. Beth Cockeram has been promoted to ... Read More »

January 12, 2026

Giller Prize names all-indie bookseller jury for 2026 prize

By Cassandra Drudi

For the first time, the Giller Prize has named a jury made entirely of independent Canadian booksellers in what the prize calls “a radical reimagining” of its selection process. The jury for the 2026 Giller ... Read More »

January 12, 2026

Rights deals: Shyam Selvadurai, Ali Bryan + two more

By Cassandra Drudi

Knopf Canada editor-in-chief Lynn Henry has acquired Canadian rights to Shyam Selvadurai’s And All the Time Our Hearts Were on Fire. The novel is described as a profoundly personal story of memory and exile, as an older ... Read More »

January 8, 2026

Personnel change: P.S. Literary Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Elizabeth Guthrie has joined P.S. Literary Agency as associate literary agent. ... Read More »

January 8, 2026

15 books named to 2026 CBC Reads longlist

By Cassandra Drudi

CBC’s Canada Reads has released its longlist for this year’s battle of the books, and its theme for this year's contest: books that demonstrate the power storytelling has to inspire, connect, and grow. This year's longlist ... Read More »

January 8, 2026

Shop Talk: Boundless Books

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. Boundless Books 535 1st Avenue ... Read More »

January 7, 2026

Distribution change: Polestar Calendars

By Cassandra Drudi

Effective February 1, 2026, Canadian sales and distribution of Polestar Calendars will move to Orca Book Publishers. This change applies to the full Polestar calendar line: Polestar Family Calendar Polestar Student Calendar Polestar Planner Polestar ... Read More »

January 7, 2026

Rights deals: Kern Carter, Matthew R. Morris + two more

By Cassandra Drudi

Douglas & McIntyre publisher Anna Comfort O’Keeffe has acquired Canadian rights to Kern Carter’s Don’t Tell Me How to Be Black. The nonfiction book is described as a memoir-in-essays that dissects how a childhood accusation ... Read More »

January 5, 2026

Personnel changes: Penguin Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Alanna McMullen has been promoted to senior managing editor, Penguin Canada. Zainab Mirza has been promoted to assistant editor, Penguin Canada. ... Read More »

January 5, 2026

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Anthony de Ridder has been promoted to creative director, marketing design at Penguin Random House Canada. Anna Trew has been promoted to manager, consumer insights and solutions. Zhenia Shestunova has joined on a one-year contract as publishing ... Read More »

December 17, 2025

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