by Cassandra Drudi

Rights deals: Ted Staunton, Anna Humphrey + three more

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

Rights deals: Jim Bartley and Rebecca Campbell

By Cassandra Drudi

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

Rights deals: Aga Maksimowska, Alexandra Posadzki + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

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

Harbour Publishing’s Howard White on 50 years of books from B.C.’s raincoast

By Cassandra Drudi

In the early years of Harbour Publishing, Howard White would box up cartons of books, load them into his GMC van, and drive to the many independent bookstores in British Columbia, traversing the Lower Mainland ... Read More »

November 20, 2024

HarperCollins signs AI training deal

By Cassandra Drudi

HarperCollins Publishers has signed a deal with an unnamed company for access to certain nonfiction books for artificial intelligence training. In a statement, a company spokesperson said the Big Five publisher has reached a deal ... Read More »

November 20, 2024

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