After months of speculation, the U.S. this week implemented tariffs on all goods entering the country from Canada. A 25 per cent tariff is being applied to all goods crossing the border, with a 10 ... Read More »
March 5, 2025
Westwood Creative Artists is undergoing a change of ownership. Co-head of media rights Jake Babad and executive vice president and literary agent Hilary McMahon have reached an agreement to acquire Westwood Creative Artists. The transaction ... Read More »
March 5, 2025
Bruce Westwood, who created the eponymous literary agency Westwood Creative Artists in the 1990s after finding success in a career in venture capitalism, has died. He was 84. Westwood died on Feb. 28 in Hockley ... Read More »
March 5, 2025
Dear Agony Editor, Recently, I began receiving regular email updates from an author who is an acquaintance. As a fellow author, I understand the need for self-promotion, but I’m annoyed whenever I get his emails. ... Read More »
March 5, 2025
Goose Lane Editions fiction editor Bethany Gibson has acquired world rights to Nicholas Herring’s Your Breath in Charcoal. The novel is described as set in Atlantic Canada, on P.E.I., and centering around Knickle, a young, ... Read More »
March 3, 2025
Ottawa-based historian and author Tim Cook is one of five authors shortlisted for the 2025 Lionel Gelber Prize. The $50,000 award, presented annually by the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, ... Read More »
March 3, 2025
Poet, translator, and essayist Bänoo Zan has been named the recipient of the 2025 Freedom to Read Award. The annual award is presented during Freedom to Read Week each year by the Writers' Union of ... Read More »
March 3, 2025
Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Random House USA’s Caitlin Tutterow has acquired world rights to Diane Terrana’s I Wonder Why, illustrated by Heather Brockman Lee. The picture book is described as following a curious child discovering wonder ... Read More »
February 27, 2025
As the North American economy continues to be held hostage by the ongoing uncertainty over when – or if – the United States will implement its proposed 25 per cent tariffs on goods crossing into ... Read More »
February 26, 2025
Nicole Winstanley is excited. The Simon & Schuster Canada president and publisher is talking about a forthcoming title from the company’s new children’s publishing program. It’s the first acquisition by children’s editor Yashaswi Kesanakurthy, and ... Read More »
February 26, 2025
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