by Cassandra Drudi

Eight books shortlisted for 2025 Cundill History Prize

Eight books spanning a range of topics, including the German Peasants' War of 1524, the Haitian Revolution of the 1790s, and the international Wages for Housework campaign of the 1970s, have been shortlisted for the ... Read More »

September 2, 2025

Agony Editor: Help! The blurb’s boring. What do I do?

By Cassandra Drudi

Dear Agony Editor, I asked a writer whose work I admire to blurb my upcoming novel. He kindly agreed, but what he sent back was so boring and generic, I wonder if he even read ... Read More »

August 20, 2025

Rights deal: Jean Marc Ah-Sen and André Babyn

By Cassandra Drudi

Enfield & Wizenty has acquired world rights to Jean Marc Ah-Sen and André Babyn’s Slodethland ’66. The novel is described as set in a 1966 New York City awash in destitution and crime that follows ... Read More »

August 19, 2025

Rights deal: tonia laird

By Cassandra Drudi

Simon & Schuster Canada senior editor katherena vermette and children’s editor Yashaswi Kesanakurthy have acquired world English rights to tonia laird’s Black Dog. The YA novel is described as the first book in a tense, ... Read More »

August 14, 2025

Shop Talk: Good Dog Books

By Cassandra Drudi

Good Dog Books 724 King Street Bridgewater, Nova Scotia The trio behind Good Dog Books first sold books together at Lunenburg Bound, one of three independent bookstores in the seaside tourist town of Lunenburg, Nova ... Read More »

August 13, 2025

Daniel Levitin shortlisted for 2025 Royal Society science prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Neuroscientist and author Daniel Levitin is among six writers shortlisted for the 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize. The £25,000 (about $46,265) annual prize has been awarded since 1988, and celebrates outstanding popular science ... Read More »

August 12, 2025

Vancouver nonprofit Upstart & Crow launches BIPOC writers residency

By Cassandra Drudi

Vancouver-based literary nonprofit Upstart & Crow has launched a new residency for BIPOC writers. The residency, which includes a $4,000 honorarium and one month of access to the organization's Granville Island studio, will begin in ... Read More »

August 12, 2025

Rights deals: Shayla Stonechild and Audrey Hyams Romoff

By Cassandra Drudi

Simon & Schuster Canada’s katherena vermette has acquired Canadian English rights to Shayla Stonechild’s Between Two Worlds and a second nonfiction work. The memoir is described as rooted in Stonechild’s lived experience through Plains Cree ... Read More »

August 11, 2025

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

By Cassandra Drudi

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

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Eight books shortlisted for 2025 Cundill History Prize

Agony Editor: Help! The blurb’s boring. What do I do?

Rights deal: Jean Marc Ah-Sen and André Babyn

Rights deal: tonia laird

Shop Talk: Good Dog Books

Daniel Levitin shortlisted for 2025 Royal Society science prize

Vancouver nonprofit Upstart & Crow launches BIPOC writers residency

Rights deals: Shayla Stonechild and Audrey Hyams Romoff

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

Rights deal: Kyo Maclear and Gracey Zhang

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