Jack David has told the origin story of ECW Press so many times he’s not even sure if it’s true anymore. In 1973, he was talking with some of his fellow grad students before a ... Read More »
October 9, 2024
The Giller Prize has announced the five books shortlisted for this year's $100,000 prize. The shortlisted books – four novels and one short story collection – were selected from a longlist announced last month. Canadian ... Read More »
October 9, 2024
The Canada Council for the Arts has named 70 finalists for the 2024 Governor General's Literary Awards. Each finalist receives $1,000, with the winners in each of the 14 categories to receive $25,000. Publishers of ... Read More »
October 8, 2024
Ballantine Bantam Bell executive editor Alicia Clancy has acquired U.S. English rights, Doubleday Canada’s Bhavna Chauhan has acquired Canadian English rights, and Orion's Sanah Ahmed has acquired U.K. English rights to Bailey Hannah’s Wells Ranch ... Read More »
October 7, 2024
HarperCollins Canada’s Julia McDowell has acquired Canadian English rights to winner of the 2024 HarperCollins/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction Emily Cann’s Branches. The debut novel is described as being set in a future world ... Read More »
October 3, 2024
Three books have been named finalists for the 2024 Cundill History Prize. The $75,000 (U.S.) prize is administered by McGill University and awarded annually each year to a book that embodies historical scholarship, originality, literary quality, ... Read More »
October 3, 2024
Douglas Hildebrand will be the next director of the University of British Columbia Press. UBC Press announced on Oct. 2 that Hildebrand will take over the role effective Nov. 18. Current UBC Press director Melissa ... Read More »
October 2, 2024
Yashaswi Kesanakurthy will be joining Simon & Schuster Canada as children’s editor as of Oct. 15. Kesanakurthy has worked in publishing since 2019, when she joined Penguin Random House Canada as a publishing assistant. She ... Read More »
October 2, 2024
Several independent Canadian publishers are among a group of 500 international presses calling on the Frankfurt Book Fair to cut ties with Israel. The group, Publishers for Palestine, formed last November. In their open letter, ... Read More »
October 2, 2024
Shop Talk is an occasional feature in which fledgling independent booksellers take Q&Q into their stores and share their reasons for opening and what business has been like so far. Lake House Books 1-302 Bridge ... Read More »
October 2, 2024
Contact us via email
