by Cassandra Drudi

Rights deals: Eric Smith and Andrew Bricker

Simon & Schuster Canada’s Jim Gifford has acquired world rights to NBA broadcaster Eric Smith and Ghent University professor Andrew Bricker’s We the Raptors. The nonfiction book is described as a one-of-a-kind celebration of the Toronto ... Read More »

May 27, 2024

Quebec author Caroline Dawson dead at 44

By Cassandra Drudi

Quebec author Caroline Dawson has died. Dawson, who was born in Chile in 1979 and immigrated with her family to Quebec when she was seven, is the author of As the Andes Disappeared, an autobiographical ... Read More »

May 23, 2024

Personnel change: Simon & Schuster Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Rita Silva has been promoted to senior ... Read More »

May 22, 2024

Emily Carroll, Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki among 2024 Canadian Eisner nominees

By Cassandra Drudi

More than 10 Canadians have been nominated for the 2024 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. Ashley Spires, Emily Carroll, Jeff Lemire, Chris Oliveros, Mariko Tamaki and Jilian Tamaki are among the nominees in 32 categories. ... Read More »

May 21, 2024

Ali Bryan, Patrick deWitt, Deborah Willis shortlisted for 2024 Stephen Leacock Medal

By Cassandra Drudi

Three books have been named finalists for the 2024 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The books were selected from an 11-book longlist announced last month. The annual award for literary humour grants a $25,000 prize to ... Read More »

May 21, 2024

Personnel change: Drawn & Quarterly

By Cassandra Drudi

Francine Yulo has been promoted to the position of marketing and sales manager at Drawn & Quarterly, effective immediately. Yulo first joined D&Q as a bookseller in 2020, and was promoted to editorial assistant to ... Read More »

May 21, 2024

Rights deals: Aviva Rubin, Susan Mertens + seven more

By Cassandra Drudi

RE:Books’s Rebecca Eckler has acquired world rights to Aviva Rubin’s White. The novel is described as a tale of overcoming prejudice, complicated relationships, and an undercover exposé on Canadian bigoted groups, that delves into the ... Read More »

May 16, 2024

Personnel change: Ampersand Inc.

By Cassandra Drudi

Solana Johannson will be joining Ampersand Inc. for a 10-week fellowship. Johannson will be working full-time out of Ampersand's office in Richmond, B.C., and will be learning about the sales side of the publishing business. ... Read More »

May 15, 2024

American novelist V.V. Ganeshananthan wins Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

By Cassandra Drudi

American novelist V.V. Ganeshananthan has won the second annual Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. The $150,000 (U.S.) prize, named after the American-born and Canadian-based author Carol Shields, acknowledges, celebrates, and promotes the best works of ... Read More »

May 13, 2024

Rights deal: Tonia Laird

By Cassandra Drudi

ECW Press’s Jen Albert has acquired world rights to Tonia Laird’s Seventhblade. The novel is described as an action-packed fantasy debut from a fresh new Indigenous voice, exploring twisted power dynamics and the effects of ... Read More »

May 13, 2024

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