Rachel Stapleton has joined the Penguin Canada team as editor, reporting to Marion Garner. Stapleton was most recently senior acquisitions ... Read More »
June 30, 2026
Random House Canada’s Sarah Jackson has acquired Canadian rights to Neil Smith’s Red Rover Red Rover. The novel is described as a gripping historical gothic set in the mid-1960s that follows the seemingly plain 21-year-old ... Read More »
June 29, 2026
McClelland & Stewart publisher Stephanie Sinclair has acquired Canadian English-language rights to Sae-Hoon (Stan) Chung’s Detective of the Morning Calm. The novel is described as a debut literary thriller in which a search for missing ... Read More »
June 25, 2026
A new bookstore opening this weekend in Toronto is bringing the written word into the bar. Book Bar, which opens on June 27 in Toronto’s recently opened Mirvish Village development, is a 2,600-square foot space ... Read More »
June 24, 2026
Saskatchewan-based writer Marina Endicott has been named the winner of the 2026 Prairie Grindstone Prize. The $50,000 annual prize, funded by an anonymous donor committee, alternates between the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. This year ... Read More »
June 23, 2026
Figure 1 Publishing publisher Steve Cameron has acquired world rights to Tautuppaa | Long Looking, to be co-published with the Art Gallery of Guelph. The nonfiction book is described as exploring the work of the ... Read More »
June 22, 2026
Saskatoon-based writer Meredith Hambrock has won the 2026 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour for her novel She's a Lamb. The book, one of three shortlisted for the $25,000 prize that celebrates excellence in Canadian ... Read More »
June 22, 2026
Writers reuben quinn and Melissa Powless Day have been named the recipients of the 2026 Indigenous Voices Awards for published work. The prizes, now in their ninth year, honour the sovereignty of Indigenous creative voices ... Read More »
June 22, 2026
ECW Press’s Jen Sookfong Lee has acquired world rights to Elliott Gish’s Ruby and Jude. The novel is described as a historical speculative novel set in an underground 1960s lesbian bar. Publication is expected for ... Read More »
June 18, 2026
Arthur Hamdani has joined Penguin Random House Canada as production assistant and will manage galleys, calls to print, and support the production team. Hiru Batepola has joined Penguin Random House Canada as publishing assistant for Penguin Canada where ... Read More »
June 17, 2026
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