by Cassandra Drudi

Rights deal: Stacy Lee Kong

University of Iowa Press’s Meredith Wadkins-Stabel has acquired North American rights to Friday Things founder Stacy Lee Kong’s Fan Service. The nonfiction book is described as a timely and intriguing look at parasocial relationships as a growing social ... Read More »

August 31, 2026

Rights deals: Christi Belcourt and Beverley Ann D’Cruz

By Cassandra Drudi

Figure 1 Publishing president Chris Labonté, in partnership with Remai Modern, has acquired world rights to Christi Belcourt: This Painting Is a Mirror, edited by Tarah Hogue, with texts by Christi Belcourt, Maria Campbell, Sherry ... Read More »

August 27, 2026

Manitoba Book Awards return and reveal 2026 shortlists

By Cassandra Drudi

The shortlists have been announced for the 2026 Manitoba Book Awards. The six annual awards celebrating the best of books in the Prairie province are back after a two-year hiatus, with a new working board ... Read More »

August 27, 2026

Personnel changes: HarperCollins Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Janice Zawerbny has been promoted to senior executive editor at HarperCollins Canada. Evan Rosser is joining HarperCollins as executive editor, focusing largely on the Collins list as well as other nonfiction titles for the HarperCollins ... Read More »

August 26, 2026

Upstart & Crow to open new location in Ottawa

By Cassandra Drudi

Vancouver-based literary nonprofit Upstart & Crow Literary Arts Studio is heading east. A new location of the bookstore and studio will open in Ottawa's Byward Market neighbourhood this fall. The exact opening date is yet ... Read More »

August 26, 2026

Crow’s Theatre finds success bringing CanLit stories to stage

By Cassandra Drudi

This week, Toronto-based theatre company Crow’s Theatre opens their 2026–2027 season with a play whose title may be familiar to Canadian readers: a stage adaptation of Rohinton Mistry’s 1995 Giller Prize-winning novel A Fine Balance. ... Read More »

August 26, 2026

Rights deal: Sebastian Major

By Cassandra Drudi

Doubleday Canada’s Ward Hawkes has acquired Canadian English rights to Sebastian Major’s Frauds, Imposters, and Humbug Artists: Lessons from History for the Age of the Con-Man. The nonfiction book from the host and producer of ... Read More »

August 24, 2026

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Sophie Paas-Lang has been promoted to senior designer at Penguin Random House Canada, collaborating closely with artists and the editorial team at Tundra Book Group. Ashley Rhamey has been promoted to associate editor at Penguin Random House Canada, ... Read More »

August 24, 2026

Jaguar Book Group sees continued growth ahead

By Cassandra Drudi

Over the last year, Jaguar Book Group, a division of distribution services company Fraser Direct, has added 10 independent Canadian publishers to its client list. Those new clients, which include Greystone Books, Annick Press, Douglas ... Read More »

August 19, 2026

Rights deals: Vivek Shraya and Nancy Cooper

By Cassandra Drudi

Tundra Books’s Margot Blankier has acquired world rights to Vivek Shraya’s The Songwriter's Quest, to be illustrated by Tim Singleton, in an exclusive submission. The nonfiction picture book is described as an adventure packed with ... Read More »

August 17, 2026

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