by Julie Baldassi

The Cooke Agency International sells Anne Michaels’ debut children’s book, and more

On behalf of McClelland & Stewart, in association with Katai & Bolza, Suzanne Brandreth of The Cooke Agency International has sold volume Hungarian-language rights to I Can’t Stop Crying: Grief and Recovery, a Compassionate Guide by ... Read More »

November 18, 2014

Got Milked? sells abroad

By Julie Baldassi

On behalf of Joanna Ebejer of HarperCollins Canada, Ageeth Heising of Marianne Schönbach Literary Agency has sold Dutch-language rights to Alissa Hamilton’s Got Milked? The Great Dairy Deception and Why You’ll Thrive Without It to ... Read More »

November 18, 2014

Greystone Books acquires book on the body’s “most underrated organ”

By Julie Baldassi

Greystone Books publisher Rob Sanders has acquired North American rights to Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most ... Read More »

November 18, 2014

John Stackhouse, Anne Applebaum named Lionel Gelber Prize jurors

By Julie Baldassi

A five-member jury has been announced for the 25th annual Lionel Gelber Prize, the $15,000 prize for best English-language non-fiction book on foreign affairs. The international jurors, selected by jury chair William Thorsell, are: Anne Applebaum, ... Read More »

November 18, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Book of Negroes miniseries debuts, the changing social role of poetry, and more

By Julie Baldassi

CBC Television's miniseries adaptation of Lawrence Hill's Book of Negroes debuts Tuesday night The New York Times on the function of poetry, past and present Leslie Feinberg, author and trans activist, dies at 65 Christopher Nolan writes comic to ... Read More »

November 18, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

The Rights Factory expands with in-house editorial team

By Julie Baldassi

Toronto-based literary agency the Rights Factory has hired an in-house editorial team. Co-founder Sam Hiyate says the move responds to the fact that editors at publishing houses are “so overextended that they want their manuscripts ... Read More »

November 17, 2014

Sales change: Cormorant Books

By Julie Baldassi

Effective Jan. 1, Hornblower Group will represent Cormorant Books in the trade and gift markets, and colleges and universities in Ontario, Quebec, and the Atlantic provinces. A V Sales and Marketing will represent Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and B.C. Cormorant will continue ... Read More »

November 17, 2014

Little Brother magazine appoints Jess Taylor as fiction editor

By Julie Baldassi

One of Canada’s brightest new literary magazines, Little Brother, is undergoing some changes now that its founding editor, Emily Keeler, is at the helm of the National Post’s books section. Keeler recently took over as ... Read More »

November 13, 2014

Wab Kinew to host Q, Hamilton Literary Awards finalists revealed, and more

By Julie Baldassi

Wab Kinew to host CBC Radio's Q in December Hamilton Arts Council reveals finalists for the 21st Hamilton Literary Awards "The model convinces writers that it’s their chance to be discovered, or that page views and fans and ... Read More »

November 13, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Spotlight: Translating Joseph Boyden’s Three Day Road

By Julie Baldassi

In 2007, novelist Joseph Boyden and translator Greg Spence spent a week at the Banff International Literary Translation Centre working on a Cree-language edition of Boyden’s acclaimed first novel, Three Day Road (Penguin Canada). “A ... Read More »

November 11, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

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