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 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
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
Owlkids’s Karen Boersma and Jennifer Stokes have acquired world rights to author-illustrator Katie Arthur’s What if Marty Doesn't Like My Party? The graphic novel format picture book is described as a loving portrait of a strong ... Read More »
November 28, 2024
It was as a student at the University of British Columbia that CanLit legend George Bowering had a literary epiphany that would shape his writing career. He had decided to read all of the ... Read More »
November 27, 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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