by Cassandra Drudi

Rights Deals: Eliza Reid, Natasha Deen + one more

Simon & Schuster Canada’s Nita Pronovost and Sourcebooks’s Anna Michels (in a two-book deal) have acquired Canadian English and U.S. English rights, respectively, to First Lady of Iceland Eliza Reid’s Death of a Diplomat. The ... Read More »

October 11, 2023

Wanda Nanibush and Georgiana Uhlyarik win 2023 Toronto Book Award

By Cassandra Drudi

Art Gallery of Ontario curators Wanda Nanibush and Georgiana Uhlyarik have won the 2023 Toronto Book Award for their book Moving the Museum. The pair were named the winners of the annual award that honours ... Read More »

October 11, 2023

Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Former publisher Pieter Swinkels has joined Transatlantic Agency as director of operations and as a literary agent, representing literary fiction and nonfiction authors, as well as corporate publishing clients. Swinkels had previously served as chief ... Read More »

October 10, 2023

Personnel change: Ampersand Inc.

By Cassandra Drudi

Nicole Jaeger joined Ampersand Inc. as account manager for northern and southwestern Ontario as of September 5. She is based ... Read More »

October 10, 2023

Address change: Login Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Login Canada is moving their eastern distribution centre. As of October 16, the eastern distribution centre will be located at: Unit 8 – 570 Matheson Blvd East Mississauga, ON L4Z 4G3 Login’s freight forwarders remain ... Read More »

October 10, 2023

Rights Deals: Tanya Lloyd Kyi, Eden Robinson + 12 more

By Cassandra Drudi

Tundra Books’s Lynne Missen has acquired North American English rights to Tanya Lloyd Kyi’s Emily Posts and The City of Lost Cats. The middle-grade novel Emily Posts is described as following Emily, the producer for ... Read More »

October 5, 2023

Simon & Schuster Canada announces suite of editorial appointments

By Cassandra Drudi

Simon & Schuster Canada has made a number of changes and additions to its editorial team, expanding the team as the publisher continues to grow after recently marking 10 years of operating its domestic publishing ... Read More »

October 4, 2023

With new Knopf Canada imprint, Dionne Brand aims to capture the ‘shiny and wondrous’ of alchemy

By Cassandra Drudi

About five years ago, award-winning poet, novelist, and editor Dionne Brand was having a casual conversation with her editor Lynn Henry. Brand was talking about the kind of writing that she loved and wanted to ... Read More »

October 4, 2023

A. F. Moritz among 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize judges

By Cassandra Drudi

The Griffin Poetry Prize has announced the three judges for the 2024 prize. Canadian poet A.F. Moritz, German poet Jan Wagner, and American poet Anne Waldman have been named the judges for next year's prize. ... Read More »

October 4, 2023

Wab Kinew elected premier of Manitoba

By Cassandra Drudi

Award-winning author Wab Kinew has been elected premier of Manitoba. He is set to become the first First Nations premier in Canada after the Manitoba NDP won 34 seats in the provincial election on October ... Read More »

October 4, 2023

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