by Cassandra Drudi

Kate Edwards named new Access Copyright CEO

Kate Edwards is the new CEO of Access Copyright, effective January 8. The board of the nonprofit organization announced Edwards's appointment in late December. Edwards was previously at the Association of Canadian Publishers for 16 ... Read More »

January 8, 2024

Distribution change: Grub Street Publishing Limited

By Cassandra Drudi

Effective January 1, 2024, Fitzhenry & Whiteside no longer distributes Grub Street Publishing Limited. Effective January 1, 2024, Login Canada is the exclusive distributor of Grub Street Publishing in Canada for Casemate Publishers & Book ... Read More »

January 8, 2024

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December 20, 2023

Personnel change: Canadian Manda Group

By Cassandra Drudi

Jocey Asnong joins the Canadian Manda Group team as account manager, special markets. Asnong started her career as a ... Read More »

December 20, 2023

Rights Deal: Darce Fardy

By Cassandra Drudi

Nimbus Publishing nonfiction editor Angela Mombourquette has acquired Darce Fardy’s Living with Dementia. The nonfiction book is described as a collection of the respected journalist’s Chronicle Herald columns written over a six-year span after Fardy ... Read More »

December 20, 2023

Agony Editor: When weighing books over your relationship, choose what matters most

By Cassandra Drudi

Dear Agony Editor, My boyfriend is constantly complaining about my book collection. Mainly, that it’s overtaking our apartment. I agree I have a lot of books, but I can’t bear the thought of parting with ... Read More »

December 20, 2023

Rights Deals: Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks + four more

By Cassandra Drudi

Dundurn Press president and publisher Kwame Fraser and publishing assistant Julia Kim have acquired world rights to Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks’s Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us: The Urgent Case for a Wealth Tax. ... Read More »

December 18, 2023

IVAs announce leadership changes

By Cassandra Drudi

The Indigenous Voices Awards have a new leadership structure. The awards, which grew out of a successful Indiegogo campaign launched in 2017 as a response to a group of Canadian media professionals who joked on ... Read More »

December 18, 2023

Rights Deal: Sima Samar

By Cassandra Drudi

Random House Canada’s Pamela Murray has acquired North American rights to Sima Samar’s Outspoken: My Fight for Freedom and Human Rights in Afghanistan, to be written with renowned journalist Sally Armstrong. The nonfiction book is described ... Read More »

December 14, 2023

Personnel change: Greystone Books

By Cassandra Drudi

Rachel Rose has joined Greystone Books as editorial consultant. Rose, an award-winning writer and co-director of Vancouver Manuscript Intensive, ... Read More »

December 14, 2023

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