by Cassandra Drudi

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

Natalie Shefler has joined Penguin Random House Canada as assistant print producer for the Tundra Book Group list. Sarah Fallarino has joined as senior publicist, reporting to Erin Kelly. Lennox Roach has joined as workplace ... Read More »

April 14, 2025

Susie Taylor, Lisa Moore, Jack Whalen win 2024 BMO Winterset Awards

By Cassandra Drudi

Susie Taylor has won the 2024 BMO Winterset Award for fiction and Lisa Moore and Jack Whalen have won the 2024 BMO Winterset Award for nonfiction. Taylor was granted the prize for her short story ... Read More »

April 10, 2025

Deals: Lisa Whittington-Hill, Curtis LeBlanc + two more

By Cassandra Drudi

ECW Press’s Jen Sookfong Lee has acquired world rights to Lisa Whittington-Hill’s The Hills. The nonfiction book is described as an addition to the Pop Classics series that will look at how the early 2000s ... Read More »

April 10, 2025

Personnel changes: Drawn & Quarterly

By Cassandra Drudi

Two long-time Drawn & Quarterly employees have new titles to reflect their shared co-ownership status. Ownership of the Montreal-based independent graphic novel-focused press changed hands in the summer of 2023 from founder Chris Oliveros to ... Read More »

April 10, 2025

Personnel change: Drawn & Quarterly

By Cassandra Drudi

Lucia Gargiulo has been promoted to editor at Drawn & Quarterly, effective immediately. Gargiulo has been with D&Q for ... Read More »

April 10, 2025

Personnel change: Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Meredith Dees has joined Random House Canada as senior editor, nonfiction. Dees was previously senior editor at Robert Rose where she successfully developed a line of personality and design-driven cookbooks, including Edgy Veg by Candice Hutchings, ... Read More »

April 10, 2025

Finalists announced for 2025 B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes

By Cassandra Drudi

Finalists have been named for the 2025 B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes. The annual awards, now in their 41st year, are administered by the West Coast Book Prize Society and celebrate the achievements of B.C. ... Read More »

April 10, 2025