by Ryan Porter

Daily Deal: Andrea Constand book about Cosby trial to Penguin Canada

Penguin Canada’s Diane Turbide has acquired Andrea Constand’s The Moment: A Journey to Justice and Healing. The book will go behind the headlines of the Bill Cosby trial, revealing the unexpected traumas and gifts that flowed ... Read More »

October 18, 2019

5,000 attend inaugural Jaipur Literary Festival Toronto, but festival producer sees room for growth

By Ryan Porter

The Jaipur Literary Festival’s reputation is less staid and scholarly than it is a circus of literary celebrity. Since launching in 2006, the Indian festival has welcomed more than a million guests, 67 per cent ... Read More »

October 18, 2019

Daily Deals: New Kenneth Oppel trilogy to HarperCollins

By Ryan Porter

HarperCollins Canada’s children’s editor Suzanne Sutherland has acquired Kenneth Oppel’s Bloom trilogy. The books follow three teenagers who encounter an infestation of strange black plants on Salt Spring Island that soon reveal their true deadly ... Read More »

October 17, 2019

Canada’s book club queen on how publishers are courting the 100,000+ members of the Girly Book Club

By Ryan Porter

Oprah, Reese, Emma Watson, and… Erin Woodward? The Burlington, Ontario, mom is one of the planet’s top book-club queens as the founder of the Girly Book Club, the largest IRL book club in the world. ... Read More »

October 17, 2019

Finalists announced for $100,000 Cundill History Prize

By Ryan Porter

Three finalists were announced for the Cundill History Prize at Massey College in Toronto on Oct. 16. The prize, administered by McGill University, recognizes the best English-language history writing. The nearly $100,000 prize ($75,000 US) ... Read More »

October 16, 2019

Margaret Atwood wins second Booker in unorthodox tie verdict

By Ryan Porter

After five hours of deliberation, the Booker Prize jury broke with protocol to award both Margaret Atwood and British author Bernardine Evaristo winners of the 2019 award. Atwood, upon winning for her Handmaid’s Tale sequel ... Read More »

October 15, 2019

Daily Deals: Billy-Ray Belcourt sells U.S. rights to A History of My Brief Body

By Ryan Porter

Two Dollar Radio’s Eric Obenauf has acquired U.S. rights to Billy-Ray Belcourt’s A History of My Brief Body. The non-fiction collection of meditations on grief, joy, love, and sex at the intersection of Indigeneity and ... Read More »

October 10, 2019

What Canada is bringing to the 2019 Frankfurt Book Fair

By Ryan Porter

Canadian publishers and agents share five titles they'll be pitching at the 2019 Frankfurt Book Fair, which opens Oct. 16. Annick Press My Long List of Impossible Things, Michelle Barker The Truth About Wind, Hazel Hutchins ... Read More »

October 10, 2019

Silence on copyright reform in federal election leaves organizations “disappointed” and “confused”

By Ryan Porter

With less than two weeks to go before the next federal election, there are two words the candidates have yet to speak: “copyright reform.” Their silence on the issue, which some writers and publishers say ... Read More »

October 10, 2019

How much do pre-orders predict a bestseller?

By Ryan Porter

Greystone Books was thrilled when the New York Times profiled German author Peter Wohlleben. The Vancouver press holds world English rights to his book The Hidden Life of Trees, about the community-like connections between trees ... Read More »

October 10, 2019

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Daily Deal: Andrea Constand book about Cosby trial to Penguin Canada

5,000 attend inaugural Jaipur Literary Festival Toronto, but festival producer sees room for growth

Daily Deals: New Kenneth Oppel trilogy to HarperCollins

Canada’s book club queen on how publishers are courting the 100,000+ members of the Girly Book Club

Finalists announced for $100,000 Cundill History Prize

Margaret Atwood wins second Booker in unorthodox tie verdict

Daily Deals: Billy-Ray Belcourt sells U.S. rights to A History of My Brief Body

What Canada is bringing to the 2019 Frankfurt Book Fair

Silence on copyright reform in federal election leaves organizations “disappointed” and “confused”

How much do pre-orders predict a bestseller?

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