by Cassandra Drudi

Distribution change: Thornapple Press

Effective April 1, 2025, Victoria, B.C.-based Thornapple Press will be distributed outside of Canada by Microcosm Publishing. Canadian distribution will remain with University of Toronto Press, and Canadian sales representation with Ampersand, Inc. Thornapple Press ... Read More »

November 27, 2024

Agony Editor: Refusal to give up is a writer’s greatest strength

By Cassandra Drudi

Dear Agony Editor, I want nothing more than to be a published author, but I’m tired of the constant rejection. It feels like I’ll never see my work published. I can only try so much ... Read More »

November 27, 2024

GST holiday more headache than benefit for booksellers

By Cassandra Drudi

Books are one of the goods that will be exempt from GST during the federal government’s proposed two-month tax break, but booksellers aren’t convinced the GST holiday will lead to anything more than holiday shopping ... Read More »

November 27, 2024

Rights deals: Jim Bartley and Rebecca Campbell

By Cassandra Drudi

Border2Border Entertainment has optioned Jim Bartley’s The Bliss House, originally published by Dundurn Press, for screen adaptation. The deal was negotiated by producer Charlie David for Border2Border Entertainment in partnership with Dundurn Press. Mirabilia Libros has ... Read More »

November 25, 2024

Rights deals: Aga Maksimowska, Alexandra Posadzki + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

Dundurn Press publisher Meghan Macdonald has acquired world rights to Aga Maksimowska’s Becalming. The novel is described as following a young Polish-Canadian boys-school chemistry teacher navigating the challenges of family dynamics, monogamy, and existential doubt. ... Read More »

November 21, 2024

Harbour Publishing’s Howard White on 50 years of books from B.C.’s raincoast

By Cassandra Drudi

In the early years of Harbour Publishing, Howard White would box up cartons of books, load them into his GMC van, and drive to the many independent bookstores in British Columbia, traversing the Lower Mainland ... Read More »

November 20, 2024

HarperCollins signs AI training deal

By Cassandra Drudi

HarperCollins Publishers has signed a deal with an unnamed company for access to certain nonfiction books for artificial intelligence training. In a statement, a company spokesperson said the Big Five publisher has reached a deal ... Read More »

November 20, 2024

Anthony Oliveira, Martha Baillie, and Sheung-King among 2024 Writers’ Trust Award winners

By Cassandra Drudi

Writers Anthony Oliveira, Martha Baillie, and Sheung-King are among the winners of the 2024 Writers' Trust Awards. The winners of the three annual book prizes, as well as the winners of the four annual awards ... Read More »

November 19, 2024

Anne Michaels wins 2024 Giller Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Novelist and poet Anne Michaels has won the 2024 Giller Prize. Michaels was awarded the $100,000 prize for her novel Held at a ceremony in Toronto at the Park Hyatt Hotel on Nov. 18. "Everything ... Read More »

November 19, 2024

Rights deals: Jordan Abel, Peter MacLeod and Richard Johnson + one more

By Cassandra Drudi

Coach House Books’s Alana Wilcox has acquired world rights to Jordan Abel’s Dad Era. The memoir is described as a poignant, hilarious, and irreverent exploration of the author’s journey as a father, as he deconstructs ... Read More »

November 18, 2024

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