by Cassandra Drudi

Lauren Perruzza named new LPG executive director

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

Boum, Mariko Tamaki, Joshua Barkman among 2025 Eisner winners

By Cassandra Drudi

Three Canadian creators are among the 32 winners of this year's Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. Mariko Tamaki and Javier Rodriguez won the Eisner award for Best Limited Series for Zatanna: Bring Down the House ... Read More »

July 28, 2025

Rights deal: Karma Brown

By Cassandra Drudi

10/18’s Aurelie Dudoue has acquired French rights to Karma Brown’s Recipe for a Perfect Wife. The deal was arranged by Megan Husain at Anna Jarota Agency on behalf of Carolyn Forde at Transatlantic Agency. Rights ... Read More »

July 28, 2025

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Lauren Perruzza named new LPG executive director

Distribution change: Modus Vivendi Publishing and Adventure Press

NeWest Press launching speculative fiction imprint

Rights deals: Trina Moyles, Monique Polak + two more

Distribution change: Yad Vashem

Rights deals: Michael Crummey

2025 Fall Preview: Short Fiction and Poetry

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

Boum, Mariko Tamaki, Joshua Barkman among 2025 Eisner winners

Rights deal: Karma Brown

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