by Cassandra Drudi

Personnel change: Westwood Creative Artists

Jake Babad, who left Westwood Creative Artists in 2016 to attend Osgoode Hall Law School, is re-joining the agency as vice president, finance, and co-head of media rights, as of Monday, March 4. Before returning ... Read More »

February 29, 2024

Federal Court rules against Access Copyright

By Cassandra Drudi

The Federal Court of Canada has ruled against Access Copyright in a decision that the collective says reinforces the urgent need for the government to amend Canada's copyright system. The lawsuit, launched by Ontario school ... Read More »

February 28, 2024

Personnel change: Page Two Books

By Cassandra Drudi

Felicia Quon has joined Page Two Strategies as sales director. Quon is an industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience. She worked most recently as vice president of marketing and communications at Simon ... Read More »

February 28, 2024

Shop Talk: Tap Town Books

By Cassandra Drudi

Shop Talk is an occasional feature in which fledgling independent booksellers take Q&Q into their stores and share their reasons for opening and what business has been like so far. Tap Town Books Inc. 2114 ... Read More »

February 28, 2024

Longlist announced for 2023 BMO Winterset Award

By Cassandra Drudi

The Newfoundland and Labrador Art Council has announced a six-book longlist for the 2023 BMO Winterset Award. The $12,500 annual award celebrates excellence in Newfoundland and Labrador writing in any genre. This year, there were ... Read More »

February 28, 2024

Rights Deals: Chase Joynt, Roald Nasgaard and Olivier Asselin + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

Arsenal Pulp Press’s Brian Lam has acquired world rights to award-winning writer and director Chase Joynt’s Vantage Points. The nonfiction book is described as a personal and probing narrative nonfiction work that illuminates the stakes ... Read More »

February 26, 2024

Rights Deals: Cale Plett, Ailsa Ross + two more

By Cassandra Drudi

Groundwood Books’s Karen Li has acquired world rights to Cale Plett’s Wavelength, with Emma Sakamoto to edit. The YA novel is described as the story of Sasha, a nonbinary pop star on the run from ... Read More »

February 22, 2024

Journalist and author Brandi Morin wins 2024 Freedom to Read Award

By Cassandra Drudi

Journalist and author Brandi Morin has been named the recipient of this year's Freedom to Read Award. The annual award is given by The Writers' Union of Canada during Freedom to Read Week, which runs ... Read More »

February 22, 2024

Agony Editor: Spotting a reader of your book is a moment to savour

By Cassandra Drudi

Dear Agony Editor, The other day, I experienced what many writers might consider the Holy Grail: I spotted someone reading my novel on the subway. I thought about introducing myself, but my nerves got the ... Read More »

February 21, 2024

Anita Chong named fiction editorial director at M&S

By Cassandra Drudi

McClelland & Stewart executive editor Anita Chong has been promoted to editorial director, fiction. Chong has worked at Penguin Random House Canada for more than 25 years, and books she has worked on are often ... Read More »

February 21, 2024

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