by Cassandra Drudi

In Resilience – Ice Huts and Root Cellars, photographer Richard Johnson highlights overlooked architectural diamonds

When people come into the Richard Johnson Studio in Toronto and express an interest in purchasing a print of one of his photographs of ice huts, Lucie Bergeron-Johnson, his widow and art trustee, puts them ... Read More »

October 8, 2025

Rights deal: Odette Auger

By Cassandra Drudi

Scribner Canada’s katherena vermette has acquired Canadian English rights to Odette Auger’s Eyebright in a pre-empt. The novel is described as a timeless study of perception, illness, art, and legacy, following painter Yvonne from her ... Read More »

October 6, 2025

Souvankham Thammavongsa, Emma Donoghue among authors shortlisted for 2025 Giller Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

One former prize winner and two formerly shortlisted authors are among the five authors shortlisted for the 2025 Giller Prize. The winner of the $100,000 prize for fiction will be announced at an event in ... Read More »

October 6, 2025

ACP launches Certified Canadian Publisher seal

By Cassandra Drudi

The Association of Canadian Publishers is launching a new program that will help readers identify books from Canadian-owned publishers. Under the Certified Canadian Publisher program, books from independent Canadian-owned publishers – who publish 80 per ... Read More »

October 3, 2025

Rights deals: Dan Stanton, Julie Flett + five more

By Cassandra Drudi

University of Toronto Press’s Daniel Quinlan has acquired world rights to Dan Stanton’s Seesoid: A Spy’s Perspective on Combatting Foreign Interference for the Aevo imprint. The nonfiction book is described as covering Mr. Stanton’s career as ... Read More »

October 2, 2025

Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Kate Moody has joined Transatlantic Agency as an assistant to Samantha Haywood and assistant agent. Moody previously worked at The Rights Factory and will be sharing clients with senior agents as she apprentices at Transatlantic. ... Read More »

October 2, 2025

Personnel change: P.S. Literary Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Caitlin McKie has joined P.S. ... Read More »

October 2, 2025

Winners of Canadian Jewish Literary Awards announced

By Cassandra Drudi

The winners of the 11th annual Canadian Jewish Literary Awards have been announced. The annual awards recognize Canadian writing on Jewish themes and subjects. Winners were selected by a jury comprised of writer and broadcaster ... Read More »

October 1, 2025

Halifax poet Luke Hathaway among 2026 Griffin Prize judges

By Cassandra Drudi

The Griffin Poetry Prize has announced the trio of poets who will be the judges for the 2026 prize. The $130,000 prize is awarded annually to a book of poetry written in or translated into ... Read More »

October 1, 2025

Four books shortlisted for 2025 Balsillie Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Four books about critical mineral extraction, corporate consolidation, intimate partner violence, and the state of politics have been shortlisted for the 2025 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy. Administered by the Writers' Trust of Canada, the ... Read More »

October 1, 2025

Prev 22 232425 26....183 184 Next