by Cassandra Drudi

Personnel change: Emanata

Irene Velentzas has joined Conundrum Press young adult imprint Emanata as editor as of June 1. Velentzas joins imprint founder Sal Sawler as co-editor until December 2026, when she will take over as editor as ... Read More »

June 2, 2025

Personnel change: P.S. Literary Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Carleen Geisler has joined P.S. Literary Agency as associate literary ... Read More »

June 2, 2025

Rights deal: Tiffany Stone

By Cassandra Drudi

Tundra Books’s Margot Blankier has acquired world rights to Tiffany Stone’s Cow of the Castle. The picture book is described as a humorous story about an increasingly resourceful cow who uses six simple machines to ... Read More »

May 29, 2025

To travel or not to travel: the new reality of international travel for Canadian publishers

By Cassandra Drudi

As more Canadian independent publishers look to expand their presence in the United States market, the ongoing uncertainties around border crossing, coupled with the increased costs of travel and the political decisions impacting their U.S. ... Read More »

May 28, 2025

Five books named winners of 2025 Canada Prizes

By Cassandra Drudi

Five books have been named recipients of the $4,000 Canada Prizes for scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences, with French titles accounting for the majority of the titles. The annual awards, administered by ... Read More »

May 26, 2025

Personnel change: P.S. Literary Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Marina Green has joined P.S. Literary Agency as associate literary ... Read More »

May 26, 2025

Writers’ Trust names next six Berton House writers-in-residence

By Cassandra Drudi

Six writers have been named the next writers in residence at Pierre Berton House in Dawson City, Yukon. The residency program, administered by the Writers' Trust of Canada, offers writers a two-month stay in Pierre ... Read More »

May 26, 2025

Rights deals: Melanie Dennis Unrau, Marshall McLuhan + seven more

By Cassandra Drudi

Assembly Press’s Andrew Faulkner has acquired world rights to Melanie Dennis Unrau’s Goose. The poetry book is described as a collection of hand-traced visual poems using found text and images from the 1938 and 1956 editions of ... Read More »

May 22, 2025

Distribution changes: Fonfon, Comme des géants, and La Pastèque

By Cassandra Drudi

Orca Book Publishers has now added select titles from three French-language publishers – Fonfon, Comme des géants and Éditions La Pastèque – to its distribution list in the first of two expansions to its French-language distribution. Titles ... Read More »

May 22, 2025

Michael Crummey wins 2025 Dublin Literary Award

By Cassandra Drudi

Michael Crummey has won the 2025 Dublin Literary Award. Crummey's novel The Adversary (Knopf Canada/PRHC) was one of six titles shortlisted for the €100,000 prize, which is worth about $147,000. The other shortlisted titles were Not a ... Read More »

May 22, 2025

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