by Cassandra Drudi

Canadian Nadim Roberts among 10 Whiting Grant recipients

Canadian London-based journalist Nadim Roberts is one of 10 writers to receive a 2024 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant. The program, now in its ninth year, awards $40,000 (U.S.) grants to support writers working on multi-year, ... Read More »

December 10, 2024

Rights deals: Blain Henshaw, Theresa Shea + five more

By Cassandra Drudi

Dundurn Press’s Russell Smith has acquired world rights to Blain Henshaw’s No Memory for Murder. The true crime book is described as exploring the brutal murders of two young victims in Halifax and the flaws ... Read More »

December 9, 2024

Marion Garner named publisher of Penguin Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

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, writers rally to support Sheridan writing program facing suspension

By Cassandra Drudi

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

Rights deals: Ted Staunton, Anna Humphrey + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

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

Rights deals: Katie Arthur, Jennifer Harris + eight more

By Cassandra Drudi

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

UBC’s George Bowering Collection and Reading Room project facing year-end fundraising deadline

By Cassandra Drudi

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

Distribution change: Thornapple Press

By Cassandra Drudi

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

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