by Cassandra Drudi

2021 in memoriam: those we lost

They were authors and activists, poets, editors, publishers, and members of the publishing community. Over the course of this past year, the world of Canadian letters has lost a number of notable individuals. As the ... Read More »

December 15, 2021

Personnel change: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Geffen Semach has permanently joined Penguin Random House Canada in the role ... Read More »

December 15, 2021

Stephen R. Bown and Mark Carney share 2021 National Business Book Award

By Cassandra Drudi

For the first time in the 36-year history of the National Business Book Award, two books have been named winners of the $30,000 award. Stephen R. Bown won for his book The Company: The Rise ... Read More »

December 15, 2021

Distribution change: Baker & Taylor Publisher Services

By Cassandra Drudi

Baker & Taylor Publisher Services has signed the following sales and distribution agreements, with Canadian sales representation provided by Ampersand Inc.: worldwide sales and distribution for Little Feminist, effective immediately worldwide sales and distribution for ... Read More »

December 15, 2021

Personnel change: Kids Can Press

By Cassandra Drudi

Monique Thompson has joined Kids Can Press as an editorial assistant as of November 22, 2021. Thompson is a recent graduate of ... Read More »

December 15, 2021

Greystone’s second-ever publisher, Jen Gauthier, on press’s future

By Cassandra Drudi

The future of Greystone Books is an evolution rather than a revolution. Jen Gauthier, the new publisher at the independent Vancouver publishing house, plans to continue Greystone’s focus on nonfiction, as well as the translation and ... Read More »

December 15, 2021

Rights Deal: Wes Hall

By Cassandra Drudi

Random House Canada’s executive editor and vice president Anne Collins and publisher Sue Kuruvilla have acquired Canadian rights to Wes Hall’s No Bootstraps When You’re Barefoot. The memoir is described as a story of drive, ... Read More »

December 13, 2021

New Writers’ Trust project to boost publicity for books by BIPOC authors

By Cassandra Drudi

The Writers’s Trust of Canada is launching a new program to help publicize books published during the pandemic by authors who identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of colour. Amplified Voices will promote 25 books ... Read More »

December 13, 2021

Transatlantic Agency’s Shaun Bradley retiring

By Cassandra Drudi

Shaun Bradley, a senior agent and founding member of the Transatlantic Agency, is retiring after 20 years at the agency. Bradley will continue to oversee her clients' already existing contracts alongside their new agents but ... Read More »

December 13, 2021

Rights Deals: Genevieve Scott, Yann Martel + four more

By Cassandra Drudi

Random House Canada’s Sarah Jackson has acquired Canadian rights to Genevieve Scott’s Power Lines as well as a second, untitled book. Power Lines is described as a propulsive novel examining the widespread and varied impacts ... Read More »

December 9, 2021

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