by Cassandra Drudi

Rights deals: Karen Solie, Danny Neville + two more

House of Anansi Press’s Kevin Connolly has acquired North American rights to Karen Solie’s Wellwater. The poetry collection is described as the award-winning poet’s sixth stand-alone collection, following her T.S. Eliot Award finalist The Caiplie ... Read More »

June 27, 2024

Personnel change: Cooke McDermid

By Cassandra Drudi

Literary agent Amy Moore-Benson is joining CookeMcDermid, where she will continue to build her list of adult fiction and nonfiction authors. Moore-Benson spent 13 years at Harlequin Enterprises, where she launched and acquired commercial fiction ... Read More »

June 25, 2024

Distribution changes: Pownal Street Press and Midtown Press

By Cassandra Drudi

As of September 1, 2024, Orca Book Distribution is handling the distribution of Pownal Street Press in ... Read More »

June 25, 2024

Rights deals: Ted Smith, Danica Klewchuk + one more

By Cassandra Drudi

NeWest Press’s Matt Bowes has acquired world rights to Ted Smith’s Tricksy Station. The novel is described as a modern noir set in Canada and Thailand in the mid 1980s that is both love story ... Read More »

June 25, 2024

Patrick deWitt wins 2024 Leacock Medal

By Cassandra Drudi

Patrick deWitt has won the 2024 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. DeWitt was named the winner of the $25,000 prize for his novel The Librarianist (House of Anansi Press) at a gala in Orillia, ... Read More »

June 24, 2024

katherena vermette joins S&S Canada as senior editor

By Cassandra Drudi

Award-winning novelist and poet katherena vermette has been appointed senior editor at Simon & Schuster Canada. The Michif writer and editor's list will focus on celebrating talent from Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, and other underserved communities, and will ... Read More »

June 24, 2024

Alicia Elliott, Brandi Bird among 2024 IVA recipients

By Cassandra Drudi

Six writers have been named recipients of the 2024 Indigenous Voices Awards for their published work in French and English. The recipients were awarded a combined total of $20,000, and were selected from finalists announced ... Read More »

June 21, 2024

Nina Dunic, A. Light Zachary among Trillium Book Award winners

By Cassandra Drudi

After shortlists dominated by independent presses were announced earlier this spring, the winners of the 2024 Trillium Book Awards continued that trend. The winners were announced at a ceremony in Toronto on June 20. The ... Read More »

June 20, 2024

Rights deals: Pam Withers, Alex Manley + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

Yellow Dog/Great Plains Publications’ Catharina de Bakker has acquired world English rights to Pam Withers’s Cave-In. The YA novel is described as combining nail-biting caving adventure with a clash between industry and the environment in ... Read More »

June 20, 2024