Orca Book Publishers’s Sarah Howden has acquired world rights to Natasha Deen’s Lark Wraps It Up, to be illustrated by Marcus Cutler. The chapter book is described as the eighth and final book in the ... Read More »
February 6, 2025
Canadian independent publishers continue to brace for the impact of a looming 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods entering the U.S. – but just as the eventuality of the tariffs is uncertain, so ... Read More »
February 5, 2025
ECW Press’s Jen Sookfong Lee has acquired world rights to Jes Battis’s It’s Only Forever: Labyrinth. The nonfiction book is described as a Pop Classics volume that explores Jim Henson’s 1986 film Labyrinth as an ... Read More »
February 3, 2025
The Giller Foundation and Scotiabank have ended their 20-year partnership. Elana Rabinovitch, the executive director of the foundation, which oversees the annual Giller Prize, said in an email on Feb. 3 that "following discussions, Scotiabank ... Read More »
February 3, 2025
Jael Richardson is ready for just about anything. As founder and executive director of the Festival of Literary Diversity, she has had to oversee a lot of unexpected disruptions during the festival’s first decade – ... Read More »
January 29, 2025
Tundra Books’s Elizabeth Kribs has acquired world rights to Rachel Poliquin’s I Am the Moon, to be illustrated by Sean Lewis. The picture book is described as a mock-autobiography narrated by Earth’s only natural satellite. ... Read More »
January 27, 2025
HarperCollins Canada editor-in-chief Jennifer Lambert has acquired Canadian English rights to Dennis Bock’s Strangers at the Red Door in an exclusive submission. The novel is described as featuring three characters who cross paths in a Chinese train ... Read More »
January 23, 2025
Five books have been named to the 2025 Canada Reads shortlist. The annual battle of the books is set to take place from March 17-20, and is looking this year for "one book to change ... Read More »
January 23, 2025
Baker & Taylor Publisher Services has signed U.S. and Canada sales representation and distribution agreements with six publishers. All of the agreements come into effect this year. The publishers are: Bad Hand Books, effective March ... Read More »
January 22, 2025
As soon as Margie Wolfe started telling authors that she would no longer be the owner and publisher of Second Story Press, the manuscripts started coming in. Wolfe, who has been at the helm of ... Read More »
January 22, 2025
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