by Cassandra Drudi

Rights deals: Michaela Cavanagh, Pauline Dakin + two more

McClelland & Stewart’s Haley Cullingham has acquired Canadian rights and The New Press’s Ben Woodward has acquired U.S. rights to award-winning journalist Michaela Cavanagh’s Present Tense: How We Reckon With the End of the World. ... Read More »

March 24, 2025

Four books shortlisted for 2024 BMO Winterset Award

By Cassandra Drudi

Four books have been named to the 2024 BMO Winterset Award shortlist. The annual award, now in its 25th year, celebrates Newfoundland and Labrador writers across all genres, granting a $12,500 prize to the winner. ... Read More »

March 24, 2025

CIBA, Indigo ask PM to exempt books from upcoming Canadian counter-tariffs

By Cassandra Drudi

Canadian booksellers have united to ask the prime minister to exempt books from the 25 per cent counter-tariffs that are due to take effect on a further $125 billion worth of goods imported into Canada ... Read More »

March 21, 2025

Rights deals: Norees Gasper, Anjali Joshi + 2 more

By Cassandra Drudi

Doubleday Canada’s Melanie Tutino and Megan Kwan have acquired Canadian English rights to TikTok book influencer Norees Gasper’s The Arcane Archives in a two-book deal. The fantasy novel is described as telling the story of ... Read More »

March 20, 2025

A Two-Spirit Journey wins 2025 Canada Reads

By Cassandra Drudi

Ma-Nee Chacaby's A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder has been crowned the winner of the CBC's 2025 Canada Reads competition. In a three-to-two decision on Thursday, March 20, Chacaby's book, published ... Read More »

March 20, 2025

Personnel change: Westwood Creative Artists

By Cassandra Drudi

Geffen Semach joins Westwood Creative Artists as a literary agent. She’ll be representing both fiction (particularly sci-fi, fantasy, romantasy, horror, and thriller) and nonfiction (pop culture, politics, expert-driven advice books related to relationships, and finance). ... Read More »

March 19, 2025

Personnel change: Page Two

By Cassandra Drudi

Leslie Bootle joins Page Two as its new author partnerships and development lead. Bootle brings a wealth of experience to the role, having previously served as marketing director at Orca Book Publishers and interim executive ... Read More »

March 19, 2025

10 books longlisted for 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

The Griffin Poetry Prize has announced the 10 books longlisted for the 2025 prize. More than 500 books were submitted for this year's $130,000 prize: jurors read 578 books, including 47 works in translation from ... Read More »

March 19, 2025

Sergey Radchenko wins 2025 Lionel Gelber Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Johns Hopkins professor Sergey Radchenko has won the 2025 Lionel Gelber Prize for his deep dive into the Cold War. Radchenko's To Run the World: The Kremlin’s Cold War Bid for Global Power (Cambridge University ... Read More »

March 19, 2025

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Jessica Redwood has joined Penguin Random House Canada on contract as imprint sales manager, young readers. Keara Campos has been promoted to the role of marketing manager in support of the Doubleday Canada lists. Emma Clerk has been ... Read More »

March 18, 2025

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