by Cassandra Drudi

Distribution changes: Comme des géants, Les Éditions André Fontaine, La Pastèque

As of April 15, 2025, Orca Book Distribution is handling the distribution of Comme des géants for selected French titles outside of Quebec and throughout North America. As of April 1, 2025, Orca Book Distribution is handling the distribution of Les ... Read More »

January 6, 2025

Personnel changes: The Rights Factory

By Cassandra Drudi

Claire Cavanagh is now an associate agent and foreign rights manager at The Rights Factory. Kodie ... Read More »

January 6, 2025

Rights deals: Melanie Florence, Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley + two more

By Cassandra Drudi

Orca Book Publishers’s Sarah Howden has acquired world rights to Melanie Florence’s Jazz. The middle-grade novel is described as being set in the world of Lo Simpson Starts a Revolution, and follows Lo’s former best ... Read More »

December 19, 2024

Personnel change: Freehand Books

By Cassandra Drudi

Naomi K. Lewis has been named acquiring editor at Freehand Books. She has worked previously as an editor and submissions coordinator at Freehand. She is the author of several books, including Tiny Lights for Travellers, which was a finalist for ... Read More »

December 19, 2024

Maureen Jennings and Karen Levine among latest Order of Canada appointees

By Cassandra Drudi

Historical crime novelist Maureen Jennings, whose Detective Murdoch series inspired the long-running TV show Murdoch Mysteries, was named an officer of the Order of Canada this week, one of 88 new appointments to the Order. ... Read More »

December 19, 2024

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

In a restructuring of the production team, Penguin Random House Canada has the following changes to report: Christie Hanson has been promoted to the role of associate director, production. Trina Kehoe has been promoted to senior print ... Read More »

December 18, 2024

Three Canadians named Horror Writers Association award recipients

By Cassandra Drudi

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

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Distribution changes: Comme des géants, Les Éditions André Fontaine, La Pastèque

Personnel changes: The Rights Factory

Rights deals: Melanie Florence, Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley + two more

Personnel change: Freehand Books

Maureen Jennings and Karen Levine among latest Order of Canada appointees

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

Three Canadians named Horror Writers Association award recipients

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

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

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