by Cassandra Drudi

Three Canadians named Horror Writers Association award recipients

Three Canadian writers are among 10 international recipients of the Horror Writers Association's 2024 scholarship and diversity grants. Montreal writer Madeleine Pelletier has been named the winner of the $2,500 Mary W. Shelley Scholarship. The ... Read More »

December 18, 2024

Rights deals: Ellis Scott, Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt + two more

By Cassandra Drudi

Dundurn Press publisher Meghan Macdonald has acquired world rights to Ellis Scott’s Night Terminus. The novel is described as a sweeping literary fiction that follows one man’s life shaped by AIDS and his connections with ... Read More »

December 16, 2024

Rights deals: David A. Robertson, Thomas King + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

McClelland & Stewart’s Stephanie Sinclair has acquired world rights to David A. Robertson’s 52 Ways to Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous People on the Path to Healing. The nonfiction book is described as an ... Read More »

December 16, 2024

Blue Heron Books marks 35 years with a detailed look at the store’s history

By Cassandra Drudi

To celebrate her store’s 35 years of bookselling, Blue Heron Books owner Shelley Macbeth turned to the archives. Although she has only owned the store since 2011, Macbeth has been involved in the business since ... Read More »

December 11, 2024

Canadian Nadim Roberts among 10 Whiting Grant recipients

By Cassandra Drudi

Canadian London-based journalist Nadim Roberts is one of 10 writers to receive a 2024 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant. The program, now in its ninth year, awards $40,000 (U.S.) grants to support writers working on multi-year, ... Read More »

December 10, 2024

Rights deals: Blain Henshaw, Theresa Shea + five more

By Cassandra Drudi

Dundurn Press’s Russell Smith has acquired world rights to Blain Henshaw’s No Memory for Murder. The true crime book is described as exploring the brutal murders of two young victims in Halifax and the flaws ... Read More »

December 9, 2024

Marion Garner named publisher of Penguin Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Penguin Canada has a new publisher. Marion Garner, who has been with Penguin Random House Canada since 1996 when she joined Random House Canada as a sales rep, takes the helm as of Jan. 6, ... Read More »

December 5, 2024

Students, writers rally to support Sheridan writing program facing suspension

By Cassandra Drudi

Students in Sheridan College’s Honours Bachelor of Creative Writing and Publishing program are not taking the news that their program has been suspended by the college lightly, and have launched a letter-writing campaign to save ... Read More »

December 4, 2024

Rights deals: Ted Staunton, Anna Humphrey + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

Scholastic Canada’s Anne Shone has acquired North American English and French rights to Ted Staunton’s Comic Shift, with Erin Haggett editing. The middle-grade novel is described as telling the story of an aspiring comic book ... Read More »

December 2, 2024

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