by Cassandra Drudi

Rights Deals: David Macfarlane and Gabrielle Drolet

Biblioasis’s Dan Wells has acquired world English rights to novelist and memoirist David Macfarlane’s On Sports and Roger Gilbey in a two-book deal. On Sports is described as a nonfiction book in the Field Notes ... Read More »

October 26, 2023

Rebecca Campbell wins 2023 Ursula K. LeGuin Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Rebecca Campbell has won the 2023 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. The $25,000 prize, now in its second year, is administered by the Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation, and is given to a ... Read More »

October 26, 2023

Personnel change: Kids Can Press

By Cassandra Drudi

Amelie Roberge has been promoted to the role of associate publisher, operations, at Kids Can Press, replacing Lara Caplan, who left the company in June. Roberge has been with KCP for 15 years, most recently ... Read More »

October 26, 2023

Suzette Mayr, Robert Bringhurst, Kim Spencer among 2023 Governor General’s Literary Awards finalists

By Cassandra Drudi

The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the 70 finalists for this year's Governor General's Literary Awards. Each finalist receives $1,000, with the winners in each of the 14 categories to receive $25,000. Publishers ... Read More »

October 25, 2023

Harvesting Freedom wins 2023 Ontario Speaker’s Book Award

By Cassandra Drudi

Harvesting Freedom: The Life of a Migrant Worker in Canada has been named the winner of the 2023 Ontario Speaker's Book Award. Written by migrant justice organizer Gabriel Allahdua with Edward Dunsworth, the book is a ... Read More »

October 25, 2023

Rights Deals: Morgan Dick, Zilla Jones + one more

By Cassandra Drudi

Doubleday Canada editorial director of commercial publishing Bhavna Chauhan has acquired Canadian English rights to Morgan Dick’s Favourite Daughter. The novel is described as the story of two estranged sisters who are unknowingly thrown together ... Read More »

October 23, 2023

Access Copyright CEO Roanie Levy stepping down amid ‘restructuring’

By Cassandra Drudi

Access Copyright president and CEO Roanie Levy, who has been with the organization for more than 20 years, will be stepping down from her role at the end of December as part of a "restructuring ... Read More »

October 23, 2023

Rights Deals: Michael Dargie, Christine Estima + six more

By Cassandra Drudi

Dundurn Press publisher Kwame Scott Fraser has acquired world English rights to The RebelRebel Podcast host Michael Dargie’s From "Meh" to Memorable: Mastering the Art of Brandjitsu for Business. The nonfiction book is described as ... Read More »

October 19, 2023

Jillian Horton wins 2022 Edna Staebler Award

By Cassandra Drudi

Dr. Jillian Horton has won the 2022 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction for her book We Are All Perfectly Fine: A Memoir of Love, Medicine and Healing. The $10,000 award honours Canadian authors of ... Read More »

October 18, 2023

Agony Editor: Judging your own book’s cover design – and what to do about it

By Cassandra Drudi

Dear Agony Editor, My publisher showed me the cover design for my debut novel. I don’t like it at all. This is casting a shadow over what should be an exciting time. I’m not clear ... Read More »

October 18, 2023

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