by Cassandra Drudi

Brittany Lavery wins 2024 PACLA award

Simon & Schuster editor Brittany Lavery has been named the second-ever winner of the Professional Association of Canadian Literary Agents’s (PACLA) Publishing Professional of the Year Award. PACLA agents nominated and voted for the person ... Read More »

September 18, 2024

Finalists announced for 2024 Ottawa Book Awards

By Cassandra Drudi

The City of Ottawa has announced the 13 books shortlisted for the 2024 Ottawa Book Awards. The annual awards recognize books of literary excellence in both English and French written by authors who live in ... Read More »

September 18, 2024

UTP acquires Equinox Publishing’s linguistics catalogue

By Cassandra Drudi

University of Toronto Press has acquired the linguistics catalogue of U.K.-based independent academic publisher Equinox Publishing. The academic publisher announced the acquisition – part of the growth of its global list – on Sept. 17. The ... Read More »

September 18, 2024

Finalists announced for $75K Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction

By Cassandra Drudi

The Writers' Trust has announced the five finalists for the 2024 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. The annual prize recognizes excellence in literary nonfiction and is supported by the Hilary and Galen Weston ... Read More »

September 18, 2024

Anne Michaels shortlisted for 2024 Booker Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Canadian novelist Anne Michaels has been shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize. The shortlist for this year's £50,000 prize (worth about $88,000 Canadian) was announced on Sept. 16. Michaels is one of five women and ... Read More »

September 16, 2024

ACP launches 2024 Canadian publishing salary survey

By Cassandra Drudi

The Association of Canadian Publishers is launching a new salary survey for the Canadian book trade. Working in partnership with the Canadian Publishers' Council and arts nonprofit Work in Culture, the 2024 Canadian publishing salary ... Read More »

September 16, 2024

Rights deals: Heather Marshall, Carmen Lansdowne + six more

By Cassandra Drudi

Doubleday Canada’s Bhavna Chauhan has acquired Canadian English rights and Ballantine Books’s Natalie Hallak has acquired U.S. rights to bestselling author Heather Marshall’s Liberty Street and a second novel in an exclusive submission. Liberty Street ... Read More »

September 12, 2024

Canadian readers continue to choose print over other formats according to BookNet study

By Cassandra Drudi

Long live print: Canadian readers are reading more books in print than in any other format, according to a new study published by BookNet Canada. The Turning Pages: Print Book Use in Canada 2023 report ... Read More »

September 12, 2024

Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Joni Di Placido has joined Transatlantic Agency as international rights coordinator and agent assistant. Di Placido, who speaks Italian and Spanish, will support agents with their international rights work. Di Placido has worked in publishing ... Read More »

September 12, 2024

Five books shortlisted for 2024 Toronto Book Awards

By Cassandra Drudi

Four books from independent presses are among the five titles shortlisted for the 2024 Toronto Book Awards. The $10,000 award marks its 50th anniversary this year. Established by the city in 1974, the award honours books ... Read More »

September 12, 2024

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Brittany Lavery wins 2024 PACLA award

Finalists announced for 2024 Ottawa Book Awards

UTP acquires Equinox Publishing’s linguistics catalogue

Finalists announced for $75K Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction

Anne Michaels shortlisted for 2024 Booker Prize

ACP launches 2024 Canadian publishing salary survey

Rights deals: Heather Marshall, Carmen Lansdowne + six more

Canadian readers continue to choose print over other formats according to BookNet study

Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

Five books shortlisted for 2024 Toronto Book Awards

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