by Cassandra Drudi

Julie Delporte, Sarah Leavitt, Zoe Whittall among 2025 Canadian Lamba finalists

Creators Julie Delporte, Sarah Leavitt, and Zoe Whittall are among the 12 Canadian and Canada-based writers who have been named finalists of the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards. The awards, granted in 26 categories and now ... Read More »

August 7, 2025

Rights deal: Kyo Maclear and Gracey Zhang

By Cassandra Drudi

Random House Studio’s Ann Kelley has acquired world rights to Kyo Maclear and Gracey Zhang’s Little Fireworks. The picture book, from the team behind the Caldecott Honor Award-winning Noodles on a Bicycle and The Big Bath House, is described ... Read More »

August 7, 2025

Lauren Perruzza named new LPG executive director

By Cassandra Drudi

Lauren Perruzza will become the new executive director of the Literary Press Group, effective Sept. 1, the organization announced on Aug. 6. Perruzza, who has served as the LPG's engagement manager for nearly eight years, ... Read More »

August 6, 2025

Distribution change: Modus Vivendi Publishing and Adventure Press

By Cassandra Drudi

The distribution arrangement between Modus Vivendi Publishing, Adventure Press, and Publishers Group Canada (PGC), a division of Raincoast Books, ended on ... Read More »

August 6, 2025

NeWest Press launching speculative fiction imprint

By Cassandra Drudi

NeWest Press is launching a new speculative fiction imprint this fall. Barbour Books, named after the late long-time NeWest president Douglas Barbour, will be edited by author and scholar Jenna Butler. The mandate of Barbour ... Read More »

August 5, 2025

Rights deals: Trina Moyles, Monique Polak + two more

By Cassandra Drudi

Pegasus Books deputy publisher Jessica Chase has acquired English-language rights in the U.S. to Trina Moyles’s Black Bear: A Story of Siblinghood and Survival. The narrative nonfiction is described as a luminous memoir of one ... Read More »

August 5, 2025

Distribution change: Yad Vashem

By Cassandra Drudi

Baker & Taylor Publisher Services has signed a sales and distribution agreement in the U.S. and Canada with ... Read More »

August 5, 2025

Rights deals: Michael Crummey

By Cassandra Drudi

Impedimenta has acquired world Spanish rights to Michael Crummey’s The Adversary and The Innocents. The deal was arranged by Nicki Kennedy at Intercontinental Literary Agency, on behalf of Carolyn Buszynski and Hana El Niwairi at CookeMcDermid Agency, for ... Read More »

August 1, 2025

2025 Fall Preview: Short Fiction and Poetry

By Cassandra Drudi

Over the course of three instalments, Q&Q presents the titles we’re most excited about this fall. This week’s instalment features short fiction and poetry. Next week’s final instalment will feature nonfiction titles. Q&Q’s fall preview ... Read More »

July 30, 2025

Karen Solie, Catherine-Esther Cowie among poets shortlisted for 2025 Forward Prizes

By Cassandra Drudi

Canadian poet Karen Solie and U.S.-based St.Lucian-Canadian poet Catherine-Esther Cowie are among the 19 writers shortlisted for the 2025 Forward Prizes for Poetry. The annual awards, which celebrate new poetry in the U.K. and Ireland, ... Read More »

July 29, 2025

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