by Cassandra Drudi

Hachette employees vote to unionize

Employees at Hachette Book Group have voted to unionize. In a vote of union-eligible employees at HBG's head office and other locations, employees voted in favour of unionizing by a margin of 388-130, the Hachette ... Read More »

July 9, 2026

Simon Fraser University suspending Master of Publishing program

By Cassandra Drudi

Simon Fraser University (SFU) announced this week that it will be closing its Master of Publishing program to new admissions after this fall's cohort begins, marking an end to the 16-month professional degree established in ... Read More »

July 8, 2026

Shop Talk: Spencer Books

By Cassandra Drudi

Spencer Books 19 Main St, Unit 1 Warkworth, Ontario As Spencer Books owner Sarah Lilleyman was finishing her second maternity leave in 2025, she decided it was time to hit pause on the corporate world ... Read More »

July 8, 2026

Shortlist announced for 2026 Sunburst Award

By Cassandra Drudi

Five books have been shortlisted for the 2026 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Jurors A.G. Pasquella, Daniel Perry, and A.C. Wise selected the longlist from more than 100 submitted books. ... Read More »

July 6, 2026

Rights deal: Wayne Ng

By Cassandra Drudi

Cormorant Books’s Marc Côté has acquired world English and French rights to Wayne Ng’s Sweetmeat. The novel is described as following the rise of a Michelin‑starred chef from 1990s Hong Kong to Toronto's culinary uber-elite ... Read More »

July 2, 2026

Three writers inducted into Canadian sci-fi hall of fame

By Cassandra Drudi

Kelley Armstrong, James Alan Gardner, and Mike Glicksohn have been inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association's Hall of Fame. The organization announced this year's inductees on July 2. The hall of fame ... Read More »

July 2, 2026

Survey on AI use in book industry aims to capture overview

By Cassandra Drudi

BookNet and the U.S.-based Book Industry Study Group (BISG) are hoping that a new survey on AI use in the North American book industry will provide a detailed overview of how those in the industry ... Read More »

June 30, 2026

Personnel change: Penguin Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Rachel Stapleton has joined the Penguin Canada team as editor, reporting to Marion Garner. Stapleton was most recently senior acquisitions ... Read More »

June 30, 2026

Rights deal: Neil Smith

By Cassandra Drudi

Random House Canada’s Sarah Jackson has acquired Canadian rights to Neil Smith’s Red Rover Red Rover. The novel is described as a gripping historical gothic set in the mid-1960s that follows the seemingly plain 21-year-old ... Read More »

June 29, 2026

Rights deals: Sae-Hoon Chung, Corey Hart + four more

By Cassandra Drudi

McClelland & Stewart publisher Stephanie Sinclair has acquired Canadian English-language rights to Sae-Hoon (Stan) Chung’s Detective of the Morning Calm. The novel is described as a debut literary thriller in which a search for missing ... Read More »

June 25, 2026

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