by Cassandra Drudi

Rights deals: Rachel Poliquin and Jaime Weinman

Tundra Books’s Elizabeth Kribs has acquired world rights to Rachel Poliquin’s I Am the Moon, to be illustrated by Sean Lewis. The picture book is described as a mock-autobiography narrated by Earth’s only natural satellite. ... Read More »

January 27, 2025

Rights deals: Dennis Bock, Robert Hough + six more

By Cassandra Drudi

HarperCollins Canada editor-in-chief Jennifer Lambert has acquired Canadian English rights to Dennis Bock’s Strangers at the Red Door in an exclusive submission. The novel is described as featuring three characters who cross paths in a Chinese train ... Read More »

January 23, 2025

Five books named to 2025 Canada Reads shortlist

By Cassandra Drudi

Five books have been named to the 2025 Canada Reads shortlist. The annual battle of the books is set to take place from March 17-20, and is looking this year for "one book to change ... Read More »

January 23, 2025

Agency and distribution changes: Baker & Taylor Publisher Services

By Cassandra Drudi

Baker & Taylor Publisher Services has signed U.S. and Canada sales representation and distribution agreements with six publishers. All of the agreements come into effect this year. The publishers are: Bad Hand Books, effective March ... Read More »

January 22, 2025

Second Story Press’s Margie Wolfe reflects on a life in women’s publishing

By Cassandra Drudi

As soon as Margie Wolfe started telling authors that she would no longer be the owner and publisher of Second Story Press, the manuscripts started coming in. Wolfe, who has been at the helm of ... Read More »

January 22, 2025

2025 Spring Preview: Nonfiction

By Cassandra Drudi

2025 Spring preview: Fiction 2025 Spring ... Read More »

January 22, 2025

Vancouver nonprofit Upstart & Crow launches new poet-in-residence program

By Cassandra Drudi

Vancouver-based literary nonprofit Upstart & Crow has launched a new poet-in-residence program. The residency includes a $4,000 grant, access to the upstairs studio of Upstart & Crow's bookstore on Granville Island for at least one ... Read More »

January 21, 2025

Rights deal: Kate Cayley

By Cassandra Drudi

Coach House Books’s Alana Wilcox has acquired world rights to Kate Cayley’s Property. The literary novel is described as taking place over the course of a single day in an uneasily gentrifying urban neighbourhood, where paths ... Read More »

January 20, 2025