by Cassandra Drudi

Rights deals: Hal Niedzviecki, Kelly Kaur + four more

Cormorant Books’s Marc Cote has acquired world rights to Hal Niedzviecki’s Darker Country: Memories, Madness and the March of the Living. The nonfiction book is described as a memoir and investigation which tells the story ... Read More »

September 19, 2024

Anne Michaels named to 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize jury

By Cassandra Drudi

Canadian poet and novelist Anne Michaels is one of three judges for the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize. The prize announced the jury for next year's award on Sept. 18. Michaels is joined on the jury ... Read More »

September 19, 2024

Qurat Dar wins inaugural Claire Harris Poetry Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Mississauga-based poet Qurat Dar has won the inaugural Claire Harris Poetry Prize, Goose Lane Editions announced. Dar's manuscript, Non-Prophet, was selected as the winner by poet Kazim Ali from dozens of entries. The Claire Harris ... Read More »

September 19, 2024

Personnel change: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Ashley Dunn has been promoted to associate ... Read More »

September 19, 2024

Al Cummings, co-founder of A Different Drummer and Madison Press, has died

By Cassandra Drudi

Al Cummings, who co-founded A Different Drummer Books and went on to launch Madison Press Books, has died. Cummings died in his 84th year after a brief illness. In 1970, he and John Richardson founded ... Read More »

September 18, 2024

Brittany Lavery wins 2024 PACLA award

By Cassandra Drudi

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

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