by Cassandra Drudi

Rights deals: Phoenix Poon, Natasha Mihell + one more

Arsenal Pulp Press’s Lindsay Wong has acquired Phoenix Poon’s Fox Fox Flux as the first title for the 9-Tailed Fox imprint. The novel is described as a contemporary coming-of-age novel that follows a “bad Asian” ... Read More »

September 8, 2026

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Molly Campbell has joined Penguin Random House Canada as senior publicist for the Canada Launch team, focusing on publicity for Appetite, Penguin Canada, and Knopf Canada titles. Yilda Boukhtouchen has joined the insights and analytics ... Read More »

September 8, 2026

New genre fiction prize honours late writer Andrew Pyper

By Cassandra Drudi

A new $20,000 prize has been launched to honour thriller and horror writing in Canada. The Andrew Pyper Prize for Genre Fiction is an independent prize administered in partnership with the Writers' Trust of Canada. ... Read More »

September 8, 2026

Personnel changes: The Rights Factory

By Cassandra Drudi

Krista White joins The Rights Factory as assistant agent. She had ... Read More »

September 8, 2026

14 books longlisted for 2026 Giller Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Fourteen books have been longlisted for the 2026 Giller Prize. A shortlist for the annual $100,000 prize will be announced on Oct. 5, with the winner to be named at an event in Toronto on ... Read More »

September 8, 2026

Rights deals: Tom Jokinen, Charles Demers + four more

By Cassandra Drudi

Greystone Books’s Jennifer Croll has acquired world rights to author of Curtains Tom Jokinen’s Honk!: Geese, Migration and the Search for Home. The nonfiction book is described as a lyrical exploration of the nature of geese and ... Read More »

September 4, 2026

Six books shortlisted for 2026 Vancouver Book Award

By Cassandra Drudi

The West Coast Book Prize Society has announced the six books shortlisted for the 2026 Vancouver Book Award. The annual $3,000 prize recognizes a book of any genre that contributes to an understanding of the ... Read More »

September 3, 2026

Book City turns 50: Toronto indie celebrates half a century of bookselling

By Cassandra Drudi

Ian Donker grew up with Book City. His parents, Frans and Gini Donker, opened the first location of the Toronto independent bookstore in 1976 when he was two years old. This month, the mini-chain ... Read More »

September 2, 2026

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Amanda Ferreira has been promoted to senior editor within the Random House Canada imprint at Penguin Random House Canada, continuing her editorial leadership and expertise. Rachel Brown has been promoted to senior editor at Penguin Random House Canada, focusing on ... Read More »

September 2, 2026

Eric T. Jennings, Jonathan Cheng among authors shortlisted for 2026 Cundill Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Eric T. Jennings, chair of the University of Toronto’s department of history, and Canadian journalist Jonathan Cheng, the China bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, are among the seven authors shortlisted for the 2026 ... Read More »

September 2, 2026

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