by Cassandra Drudi

Marlene L. Daut, Lyndal Roper, and Sophia Rosenfeld named finalists for 2025 Cundill Prize

Three writers have been named finalists for the 2025 Cundill History Prize. The $75,000 (U.S.) prize, administered by McGill University, is awarded annually to a book published in English that embodies historical scholarship, originality, literary ... Read More »

September 30, 2025

Rights deal: Sheena Kamal

By Cassandra Drudi

Berkley’s Lisa Bonvissuto has acquired world rights to Sheena Kamal’s The Stand-In at auction in a two-book deal. The novel is described as a suspense story in which a movie star’s stand-in is forced into ... Read More »

September 29, 2025

Rights deals: Huda Hassan, Claire Ross Dunn + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

McClelland & Stewart’s Haley Cullingham has acquired Canadian English rights to Huda Hassan’s Children of the Snow: Grief and the Diasporic City. The nonfiction book is described as a debut essay collection rooted in Hassan's ... Read More »

September 25, 2025

Connie Gault wins 2025 Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award

By Cassandra Drudi

Award-winning playwright and author Connie Gault has been named the winner of the 2025 Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award. The $10,000 annual prize, administered by the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild, honours a Saskatchewan writer with a ... Read More »

September 25, 2025

Raymond B. Blake wins 2025 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing

By Cassandra Drudi

History professor Raymond B. Blake has won the 2025 Writers’ Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. The annual award, now in its 25th year, recognizes literary nonfiction about a political subject that is relevant ... Read More »

September 24, 2025

M&S to mark The Handmaid’s Tale’s 40th anniversary

By Cassandra Drudi

In the 40 years since it was first published, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid's Tale has been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than eight million copies in English, and inspired an Emmy-winning television ... Read More »

September 24, 2025

Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Trudi Vaughan has been appointed literary assistant at Transatlantic Agency to senior agents ... Read More »

September 24, 2025

Rights deal: Genevieve Graham and Vicki Grant

By Cassandra Drudi

Simon & Schuster Canada’s Adrienne Kerr has acquired North American English rights to Genevieve Graham’s The Chambermaid’s Key. The novel is described as a gripping dual-timeline novel set at an elegant hotel in Toronto in ... Read More »

September 22, 2025

Rights deals: Jessica Hamilton and Syrus Marcus Ware and Ra’anaa Yaminah Ekundayo

By Cassandra Drudi

Simon & Schuster Canada’s Adrienne Kerr has acquired, in a two-book deal, North American English rights to Jessica Hamilton’s The Woods and a second untitled book. The Woods is described as a horror novel that ... Read More »

September 18, 2025

Bond Street Books marks 20th anniversary with CanLit expansion

By Cassandra Drudi

Doubleday Canada imprint Bond Street Books is marking its 20th anniversary this year by broadening its focus: moving forward, the imprint will include Canadian authors alongside its international heavyweights. Maya Mavjee, Doubleday Canada’s publisher in ... Read More »

September 17, 2025

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Marlene L. Daut, Lyndal Roper, and Sophia Rosenfeld named finalists for 2025 Cundill Prize

Rights deal: Sheena Kamal

Rights deals: Huda Hassan, Claire Ross Dunn + three more

Connie Gault wins 2025 Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award

Raymond B. Blake wins 2025 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing

M&S to mark The Handmaid’s Tale’s 40th anniversary

Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

Rights deal: Genevieve Graham and Vicki Grant

Rights deals: Jessica Hamilton and Syrus Marcus Ware and Ra’anaa Yaminah Ekundayo

Bond Street Books marks 20th anniversary with CanLit expansion

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