by Cassandra Drudi

Rights Deal: Susan Swan

HarperCollins Canada’s Jennifer Lambert has acquired world English rights to acclaimed feminist Canadian author and Member of the Order of Canada Susan Swan’s Too Big. The memoir is described as exploring the way Swan’s unusual ... Read More »

September 25, 2023

ReLit Awards announce 2023 long shortlists

By Cassandra Drudi

The ReLit Awards have announced the books shortlisted for the awards' 2023 edition. This is the last year that the prizes will be awarded before they go on hiatus. The winners will be announced on ... Read More »

September 25, 2023

Billy-Ray Belcourt and Cole Pauls among 2023 BC and Yukon Book Prizes winners

By Cassandra Drudi

Winners of the 2023 BC and Yukon Book Prizes were announced at a gala in Vancouver on September 24. Winners were selected in eight categories from the shortlisted titles announced earlier this year. In addition ... Read More »

September 25, 2023

Rights Deals: Tom Ryan, Nicola Ross + six more

By Cassandra Drudi

Simon & Schuster Canada’s Adrienne Kerr and Grove Atlantic's Joseph Brosnan have acquired Canadian English and U.S. English rights, respectively, to Tom Ryan’s The Treasure Hunters Club in a two-book deal. The debut adult mystery ... Read More »

September 21, 2023

Canadian novelist Sarah Bernstein shortlisted for 2023 Booker Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Canadian author Sarah Bernstein's second novel has been shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize. Bernstein's Study for Obedience (Knopf Canada) is one of six books shortlisted for this year's £50,000 (approximately $86,000) prize. Bernstein's novel ... Read More »

September 21, 2023

Personnel changes: Westwood Creative Artists

By Cassandra Drudi

At Westwood Creative Artists, Bridgette Kam has been named associate agent, continuing in her support role and building a list ... Read More »

September 21, 2023

Alison Li

By Cassandra Drudi

Alison Li on her biography of transgender medical pioneer Harry Benjamin

September 20, 2023

Rights Deal: Shelley Wood

By Cassandra Drudi

HarperCollins Canada’s Iris Tupholme has acquired Canadian English rights in a pre-empt and Union Square Press’s Claire Wachtel has acquired world English rights, excluding Canada, to bestselling author Shelley Wood’s The Leap Year Gene. The ... Read More »

September 18, 2023

Wayne Johnston wins 2023 Stephen Leacock Medal

By Cassandra Drudi

Newfoundland writer Wayne Johnston has been named the winner of the 2023 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. Johnston was named the winner of this year's prize for his memoir, Jennie's Boy: A Newfoundland Childhood (Knopf ... Read More »

September 18, 2023

Heather Reisman back in CEO role at Indigo

By Cassandra Drudi

Just over a week after Indigo Books & Music announced that CEO Peter Ruis was stepping down from his role at the retailer, the company announced on September 18 that founder and longtime CEO Heather ... Read More »

September 18, 2023

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