When an unpublished author's urban fantasy manuscript about a modern-day voodoo practitioner named Kincaid Strange appeared on Knopf Random Canada publisher Anne Collins’ desk, she did not want to like it, and she certainly had no ... Read More »

Penguin Canada associate publisher Nick Garrison has acquired The Mighty Quinn, a biography of former NHL player and coach Pat Quinn by senior Sportsnet writer Dan Robson. The book is slated to appear in fall 2015 under Penguin Canada's Viking ... Read More »

On behalf of Denise Bukowski of the Bukowski Agency, Yukiko Kurioka of Japan Uni Agency has sold Japanese rights to Alan Bradley’s ... Read More »

Simon & Schuster Canada president Kevin Hanson has acquired world rights to environmental journalist and author Chris Turner’s narrative overview of the Alberta oil sands. The Patch addresses the oilsands’ global reach, their stake in America’s energy future, and how ... Read More »

Penguin Canada publishing director Diane Turbide has acquired North American rights to journalist Ann Walmsley's The Prison Book Club. The book follows Walmsley, a victim of crime, as she spends 18 months participating in a medium security men's ... Read More »

Simon & Schuster Canada president Kevin Hanson has acquired world rights to environmental journalist and author Chris Turner’s narrative overview of the Alberta oil sands. The Patch addresses the oilsands’ global reach, their stake in America’s ... Read More »

Ian Hamilton's best-selling Ava Lee crime series, about a high-end international debt collector, is set to hit the small screen. Orphan Black co-executive producer Karen Walton has signed on to a television adaptation of Hamilton's books. Walton will work with ... Read More »