by Ryan Porter

Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour gala weekend cancelled

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Stephen Leacock Associates have announced the cancellation of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour gala weekend, which was scheduled to be held in Orillia, Ontario, during the first week ... Read More »

March 30, 2020

John Elizabeth Stintzi

By Ryan Porter

Debut author John Elizabeth Stintzi talks poetry, gender identity, and their love of the unconventional

March 30, 2020

Daily Deals: Penguin Canada to publish memoir by former Leafs president Brian Burke

By Ryan Porter

Penguin Canada's Nick Garrison has acquired world rights to Brian Burke's memoir Burke's Law. Co-writing with sports journalist Stephen Brunt, the Sportsnet hockey analyst, LGBTQ advocate, and former president of the Toronto Maple Leafs will ... Read More »

March 26, 2020

Canadian comic retailers demand answers as leading distributor Diamond halts shipping

By Ryan Porter

When Diamond Comic Distributors’ founder Steve Geppi announced on Monday that new comics won’t be shipped as of April 1, some regular readers thought it was an early April Fool’s Day joke. “It’s like the ... Read More »

March 26, 2020

Daily Deals: Penguin Canada acquires book by right-to-die doctor Jean Marmoreo and Johanna Schneller

By Ryan Porter

Penguin Canada’s Diane Turbide has acquired Jean Marmoreo’s The Year of Dying Dangerously, co-written by Johanna Schneller. In the book, Marmoreo details her medical practice helping people die with dignity. Marmoreo’s deal was arranged by Michael ... Read More »

March 25, 2020

Personnel change: Janice Zawerbny joins HarperCollins

By Ryan Porter

Effective immediately, Janice Zawerbny has joined HarperCollins as a full-time executive editor. Zawerbny has acquired and edited a number of award-winning books in Canada, including the 2020 winner of the RBC Taylor Prize, Mark Bourrie's ... Read More »

March 23, 2020

Distribution change: Bloomsbury Academic

By Ryan Porter

Effective March 31, Login Canada will represent Bloomsbury Academic in Canada. Bloomsbury Academic was previously represented by Pearson Canada. Pearson will accept ... Read More »

March 23, 2020

Samra Habib, Téa Mutonji among Publishing Triangle finalists

By Ryan Porter

Finalists were announced on March 19 for the Publishing Triangle Awards, celebrating LGBTQ+ fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Canadians who ranked among the finalists included Canada Reads finalist Samra Habib for We Have Always Been Here, ... Read More »

March 19, 2020

Laisha Rosnau wins Kobzar Book Award for Ukranian-Canadian writing

By Ryan Porter

Coldstream, B.C., poet and novelist Laisha Rosnau has won the $25,000 Kobzar Book Award for her 2018 collection of poetry Our Familiar Hunger (Nightwood Editions). The Kobzar celebrates a written work about the Ukrainian-Canadian experience. ... Read More »

March 19, 2020

Personnel changes: The Rights Factory

By Ryan Porter

Emmy Nordstrom Higdon (they/them) has joined The Rights Factory as an assistant agent and has started building their own client list, focusing on character-driven #OwnVoices projects. They are a bookseller, a blogger at Books Beyond ... Read More »

March 18, 2020

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Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour gala weekend cancelled

John Elizabeth Stintzi

Daily Deals: Penguin Canada to publish memoir by former Leafs president Brian Burke

Canadian comic retailers demand answers as leading distributor Diamond halts shipping

Daily Deals: Penguin Canada acquires book by right-to-die doctor Jean Marmoreo and Johanna Schneller

Personnel change: Janice Zawerbny joins HarperCollins

Samra Habib, Téa Mutonji among Publishing Triangle finalists

Laisha Rosnau wins Kobzar Book Award for Ukranian-Canadian writing

Personnel changes: The Rights Factory

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