Dear Agony Editor, A guy in my writing group has been working on a short story for three years. Every time it’s his turn to submit work for the group to critique, it’s the same ... Read More »
October 30, 2024
Simon & Schuster president and publisher Nicole Winstanley has acquired Canadian rights to Mona Awad’s We Love You, Bunny. The novel is described as Frankenstein by way of Heathers, a prequel and a sequel to ... Read More »
October 28, 2024
The Writers' Trust of Canada has added a new category to the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. The annual award, established in 1994, grants $10,000 to emerging writers of fiction and poetry -- ... Read More »
October 28, 2024
HarperCollins Canada’s Lauren McKeon has acquired world rights to an as yet untitled book on wildfires by award-winning writer and photojournalist Jesse Winter. The nonfiction book is described as confronting the reality of climate-driven wildland ... Read More »
October 24, 2024
University of Toronto Press has acquired the assets of Legas Publishing, an Ottawa-based multilingual publishing company that specializes in books on language, culture, and semiotics. The acquisition, which includes the complete Legas catalogue of books, ... Read More »
October 23, 2024
ECW Press’s Pia Singhal has acquired world rights to Callie Rae O’Reilly’s Don’t Let Me Down: A Memoir on the Duality of Abuse and Love. The memoir is described as an intensely vulnerable account of ... Read More »
October 21, 2024
Polly Beel has joined Penguin Random House Canada as director, marketing and publicity for Random House Canada. Catherine Knowles has ... Read More »
October 17, 2024
Doubleday Canada’s Bhavna Chauhan has acquired Canadian English rights to Eva Jurczyk’s Paris, 11th Arrondissement at auction. The novel is described as a psychological thriller about a woman wildly unlucky in love, until she falls ... Read More »
October 17, 2024
The Victoria Book Prize Society announced the winners of the 2024 Victoria Book Prizes at an event in the B.C. capital on Oct. 16. Kathryn Mockler was awarded the $5,000 City of Victoria Butler Book ... Read More »
October 17, 2024
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