by Cassandra Drudi

Rights deals: Matt James, Rachelle Delaney + six more

Neal Porter Books’s Taylor Norman has acquired world rights to author-illustrator Matt James’s Ray. The picture book is described as following a lovestruck boy who takes a leap of faith, falls literally and figuratively in love, and ... Read More »

November 13, 2025

New best practices outline how to identify Indigenous content in product metadata

By Cassandra Drudi

Two newly published bibliographic standards Best Practices documentations for the publishing industry outline how to highlight Indigenous content and contributors in book metadata. Published by EDItEUR, the international trade standards body for book, e-book, audiobook ... Read More »

November 12, 2025

Personnel change: Rakuten Kobo

By Cassandra Drudi

Ashleigh Gardner has joined Rakuten Kobo as VP self-publishing & Kobo Originals. Gardner, who previously worked at Kobo from 2010 to 2013, brings a wealth of experience from her recent tenure at Wattpad, where she ... Read More »

November 12, 2025

Books BC launches limited-edition Read Local book boxes

By Cassandra Drudi

Read Local BC has launched a trio of limited-edition book boxes designed to help people give the gift of reading this holiday season while also supporting British Columbia–based independent publishers. The three book boxes, each ... Read More »

November 10, 2025

Rights deals: John Elizabeth Stintzi, Robin Stevenson + one more

By Cassandra Drudi

Arsenal Pulp Press’s Brian Lam has acquired world rights to John Elizabeth Stintzi’s Guest Services at the Museum of Sexual Deviance. The novel is described as a kinky speculative novel-in-stories set in a fractured America ... Read More »

November 6, 2025

Kyle Edwards, Claire Cameron, Karen Solie among Governor General’s award winners

By Cassandra Drudi

The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the 14 winners of the 2025 Governor General's Literary Awards. A first novel, a debut memoir, a new poetry collection from an award-winning poet, and a translation ... Read More »

November 6, 2025

Budget 2025 includes arts funding

By Cassandra Drudi

Despite concerns that arts funding would potentially be on the chopping block in the 2025 budget, the first budget tabled during Prime Minister Mark Carney's term includes additional funding for the arts. Arts organizations were ... Read More »

November 5, 2025

Call it McClelland, Stewart and Ontario: A 1985 prediction of the future of Canadian publishing

By Cassandra Drudi

When marking the 50th anniversary of Quill & Quire in April, 1985, the late publisher Malcolm Lester had some fun predicting what the future of the Canadian publishing industry might look like at the time ... Read More »

November 5, 2025

Personnel change: UBC Press

By Cassandra Drudi

Randy Schmidt is the new assistant director, acquisitions at UBC Press. Schmidt joined UBC Press as an acquisitions editor in 1996 and has been instrumental in developing many lists and series, most notably Law & ... Read More »

November 4, 2025

Rights deals: Vikki VanSickle, Amber McMillan + four more

By Cassandra Drudi

Penguin Canada’s Deborah Sun de la Cruz has acquired Canadian English rights, and Minotaur’s Madeline Houpt has acquired U.S. rights at auction to Vikki VanSickle’s The Mystic and the Missing Girl. The novel is described ... Read More »

November 3, 2025

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