by Cassandra Drudi

Rights deal: Shalini Abeysekara

Simon & Schuster Canada children’s editor Yashaswi Kesanakurthy and Margaret K. McElderry Books executive editor Sarah McCabe have acquired world English rights to Shalini Abeysekara’s The Art of Divine Villainy. The YA novel is described as ... Read More »

September 21, 2026

Rights deals: Emma Knight, Natalie Bride + two more

By Cassandra Drudi

Penguin Canada publisher Marion Garner and executive editor Lara Hinchberger have acquired Canadian rights to Emma Knight's Dolly. The novel is described as a meditation on marriage, infidelity, and motherhood set in the upper-class world ... Read More »

September 17, 2026

Gained in translation: Graphic novels

By Cassandra Drudi

The Conquest of the Cosmos By Alexandre Fontaine Rousseau and Francis Desharnais, ill.; translated by Pablo Strauss and Mary Thaler Pow Pow Press, available now The Conquest of the Cosmos is an irreverent look at ... Read More »

September 16, 2026

Gained in translation: Fiction

By Cassandra Drudi

The Colour of Time, or the Incredible Story of Mary Gallagher By Éric Dupont, translated by Peter McCambridge Véhicule Press, out now By virtue of its location in Montreal, Véhicule Press enjoys close working relationships ... Read More »

September 16, 2026

Personnel change: Simon & Schuster Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Kate Sinclair joins Simon & Schuster Canada as creative services manager, effective October 6. In her new role leading the Creative Services team, Sinclair will oversee the organization, development, execution, and delivery of high-quality creative work ... Read More »

September 16, 2026

Gwen Aube, Tiana Reid, Misha Solomon named finalists of 2026 Dayne Ogilvie Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Three writers have been named finalists for the 2026 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers. The annual $12,000 prize is presented annually by the Writers’ Trust of Canada to an emerging writer who identifies ... Read More »

September 16, 2026

BC’s Poetry in Transit celebrates 30 years of poems on buses

By Cassandra Drudi

This September, verse by British Columbia-based poets will be showing up on bus cards across the province for the 30th time. Poetry in Transit, which launched in 1996, is a project by BooksBC in partnership ... Read More »

September 14, 2026

Rights deal: Erin Alladin

By Cassandra Drudi

Storey Publishing’s Tatum Wilson has acquired world rights to gardening podcaster Erin Alladin’s Gentle Gardening: For the Busy, Drained, Frazzled and Pained. The nonfiction book is described as a friendly, big-picture handbook that breaks down ... Read More »

September 14, 2026

Helen Marshall wins 2026 Sunburst Award

By Cassandra Drudi

Helen Marshall has won the 2026 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic for her novel The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death (Titan Books). Marshall, an associate professor ... Read More »

September 14, 2026

Rights deals: Matt Kenny and Perry Chafe

By Cassandra Drudi

Doubleday Canada’s Julia McDowell has acquired Canada English rights to recovering hockey player turned marathon runner, speaker, and disability and LGBTQ+ advocate Matt Kenny’s Trade Off: A Memoir of Hockey, Silence, and Survival. The nonfiction book is described as ... Read More »

September 10, 2026

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