by Ryan Porter

Daily Deals: U.S. rights sold to William Marrow for Cherie Dimaline’s forthcoming Empire of Wild

William Morrow executive editor Rachel Kahan has acquired at auction U.S. English rights to Cherie Dimaline’s forthcoming novel Empire of Wild. Publication is expected in spring 2020 following its Sept. 17 Canadian release. The deal was arranged by ... Read More »

April 18, 2019

Crime writers Louise Penny, Sam Wiebe, Sarah Weinman among finalists for 2019 Arthur Ellis Awards

By Ryan Porter

The shortlists have been announced for the 2019 Arthur Ellis Awards. Presented by the Crime Writers of Canada, the awards recognize the best in Canadian crime writing. In the Best Crime Novel category, mystery novelist ... Read More »

April 18, 2019

Daily Deals: Figure 1 to publish UBC collection for university’s centennial

By Ryan Porter

Figure 1 Publishing’s Chris Labonté has acquired world rights to Tyee Bridge’s UBC: The Next Century. The collection will commemorate ... Read More »

April 15, 2019

Members of committee to plan Canada’s literary program at 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair announced

By Ryan Porter

Leading up to the celebration of Canada as the honoured country at the 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair, three people have been named to the literary programming committee by organizing arm Canada FBM2020. Word On The Street Toronto’s ... Read More »

April 15, 2019

Daily Deals: Kevin Donovan to write Barry and Honey Sherman book for Penguin Canada

By Ryan Porter

Penguin Canada’s Diane Turbide has acquired world rights to Kevin Donovan’s true-crime narrative The Billionaire Murders: The Mysterious Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman. Donovan, chief investigative reporter at the Toronto Star, investigates the violent ... Read More »

April 11, 2019

Daily Deals: Michael Coren to Cormorant with Christian non-fiction collection

By Ryan Porter

Cormorant Books has acquired a book of Michael Coren’s columns and articles. The collection, Reclaiming Faith, is described as offering positive perspectives on Christianity. The book will be published in fall 2019. Rocky Mountain Books’s ... Read More »

April 9, 2019

ALA’s Most Challenged Books list once again includes Mariko and Jillian Tamaki’s This One Summer

By Ryan Porter

The 2014 graphic novel This One Summer by the Canadian team of Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki has been listed as one of the Most Challenged Books by the American Library Association for the second ... Read More »

April 9, 2019

University of Alberta Press publisher previews new direction: “We are not a regional press”

By Ryan Porter

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the University of Alberta Press, but director and publisher Douglas Hildebrand isn’t looking to the past. The press announced on April 4 they’d hired Mat Buntin, based in Guelph, ... Read More »

April 9, 2019

Dionne Brand, Eve Joseph, and Sarah Tolmie shortlisted for Griffin Poetry Prize

By Ryan Porter

The shortlists for the Canadian and international Griffin Poetry Prize Awards have been announced. Dionne Brand, a previous winner of the Griffin for her 2010 collection Ossuaries, is listed on the Canadian shortlist for her ... Read More »

April 9, 2019

Daily Deals: Latitude 46, Stonehouse Publishing announce newly acquired fall 2019 titles

By Ryan Porter

Stonehouse Publishing publisher Netta Johnson has acquired four new titles: Maria Meindl’s The Work is described as literary fiction spanning two decades, following a love triangle set within a theatre company, which its cult-like disciples refer ... Read More »

April 8, 2019

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Daily Deals: U.S. rights sold to William Marrow for Cherie Dimaline’s forthcoming Empire of Wild

Crime writers Louise Penny, Sam Wiebe, Sarah Weinman among finalists for 2019 Arthur Ellis Awards

Daily Deals: Figure 1 to publish UBC collection for university’s centennial

Members of committee to plan Canada’s literary program at 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair announced

Daily Deals: Kevin Donovan to write Barry and Honey Sherman book for Penguin Canada

Daily Deals: Michael Coren to Cormorant with Christian non-fiction collection

ALA’s Most Challenged Books list once again includes Mariko and Jillian Tamaki’s This One Summer

University of Alberta Press publisher previews new direction: “We are not a regional press”

Dionne Brand, Eve Joseph, and Sarah Tolmie shortlisted for Griffin Poetry Prize

Daily Deals: Latitude 46, Stonehouse Publishing announce newly acquired fall 2019 titles

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