by Cassandra Drudi

John Vaillant wins Baillie Gifford Prize

John Vaillant has won the £50,000 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction for his book Fire Weather. The annual prize, formerly known as the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, has been awarded since 1998 and ... Read More »

November 20, 2023

Rights Deals: Melodie Campbell, Jon Peirce + seven more

By Cassandra Drudi

Cormorant Books publisher Marc Côté has acquired world rights to Melodie Campbell’s The Silent Film Star Murders and The Pharaoh’s Curse Murders. The novels are described as next two books in the Merry Widow Murders series, ... Read More »

November 16, 2023

Drawn & Quarterly staff unionize

By Cassandra Drudi

A group of about 15 publishing staff and booksellers at Montreal press and bookstore Drawn & Quarterly filed to unionize under the The Fédération du commerce (FC-CSN) of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN) earlier ... Read More »

November 15, 2023

Sutherland House Books’s Ken Whyte launching co-publishing model

By Cassandra Drudi

Sutherland House Books publisher Kenneth Whyte is co-launching Sutherland House Experts, a new co-publishing press, with author, educator, and entrepreneur Neil Seeman, who is CEO of the new venture. Sutherland House Experts will operate on ... Read More »

November 15, 2023

New program aims to connect Atlantic Indigenous youth to careers in publishing, storytelling

By Cassandra Drudi

A new training program aims to reclaim the Indigenous narrative of Atlantic Canada and empower Indigenous youth in the region to tell their own stories. Bridge to Publishing grew out of the work of Digitally ... Read More »

November 15, 2023

Sarah Bernstein wins 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Montreal-born novelist Sarah Bernstein has won the $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel Study for Obedience. The announcement was made at the award's 30th gala in Toronto on November 8, though Bernstein was not ... Read More »

November 14, 2023

Rights Deal: David Demchuk and Corinne Leigh Clark

By Cassandra Drudi

Soho Crime’s Nick Whitney and Titan Books’s Rufus Purdy have acquired North American rights and U.K and translation rights, respectively, to David Demchuk and Corinne Leigh Clark’s The Butcher’s Daughter. The novel is described as ... Read More »

November 13, 2023

Dundurn Press publisher Kwame Scott Fraser stepping down

By Cassandra Drudi

Dundurn Press is looking for a new publisher, as president and publisher Kwame Scott Fraser relocates to Jamaica and steps down from the role he has held for five years. Fraser will remain at Dundurn ... Read More »

November 13, 2023

Rights Deals: Dennis Molinaro and Caroline Richardson

By Cassandra Drudi

Random House Canada’s Craig Pyette has acquired English Canadian rights to Dennis Molinaro’s Shadows of the Dragon: China’s Secret Operations in Canada. The nonfiction book is described as a definitive account of Chinese interference over ... Read More »

November 9, 2023

Word on the Street moves to collective leadership structure

By Cassandra Drudi

Literary festival Word on the Street Toronto will be moving to a collective leadership structure. Effective immediately, Sienna Tristen, Haley Richardson, and Sarah Mosher take on new leadership positions within the organization. Tristen will set ... Read More »

November 9, 2023

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