by Ryan Porter

What Canadian publishers and agents are bringing to Bologna 2019

The 2019 Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the world’s leading children’s book market, runs in the Italian city from April 1–4. Here are some of the titles Canadian publishers and agents will be pitching. Annick Press ... Read More »

March 28, 2019

Max Eisen wins Canada Reads 2019

By Ryan Porter

Just days after his 90th birthday, Max Eisen has been named the winner of CBC's annual Canada Reads competition for his Holocaust memoir By Chance Alone (HarperCollins Canada). Eisen’s 2016 book tells his story of being ... Read More »

March 28, 2019

Daily Deals: Charles Demers to Douglas & McIntyre in three-book deal

By Ryan Porter

Douglas & McIntyre managing editor Anna Comfort O’Keeffe has acquired North American English-language rights to three novels by Charles Demers (Property Values). Primary Obsessions and Suicidal Thoughts are mysteries featuring Acadian-born psychiatrist Dr. Annick Boudreau. Each ... Read More »

March 26, 2019

Indigenous studies texts get an innovative upgrade with UBC Press’s RavenSpace

By Ryan Porter

Elder Elsie Paul has lived history. Born in 1931, she survived the residential school system, witnessed police harassment of Indigenous peoples, and is one of the last surviving speakers of the Sliammon language. Now her ... Read More »

March 25, 2019

Personnel changes: Dundurn Press announces hires, promotions

By Ryan Porter

Dundurn Press has announced two new hires. Saba Eitizaz joins as publicity manager. Eitizaz has previously worked as a multimedia journalist and an on-air presenter at the BBC and CBC/Radio-Canada. Dundurn has also hired Alicia Edwards as sales ... Read More »

March 25, 2019

Daily Deals: Vivek Shraya signs two-book deal with Penguin Canada

By Ryan Porter

Penguin Canada editor David Ross has acquired North American English rights to Vivek Shraya’s Armour, a collection of personal essays on the cultural significance of fashion, self-image, and personal style, as considered through the lenses of gender, ... Read More »

March 25, 2019

Esi Edugyan to executive produce Washington Black as limited series for Fox

By Ryan Porter

Esi Edugyan will executive produce a limited TV series based on her Giller Prize–winning novel, Washington Black (Patrick Crean Editions), for 20th Century Fox, Variety reports. Rights to adapt the epic adventure novel were purchased at auction ... Read More »

March 21, 2019

Personnel changes: New agents at The Rights Factory, Robert Rose hires in marketing and publicity

By Ryan Porter

The Rights Factory has hired Victoria Loder and Cecilia Lyra as agency assistants. Based in Toronto, both hires have started building their own client lists. Loder was previously sales, marketing and publicity assistant at Thomas ... Read More »

March 18, 2019

Daily Deals: Audible scoops audio rights to Mallory Tater’s The Birth Yard

By Ryan Porter

Audible’s Jolise Beaton has acquired world English audio rights (excluding the U.S.) to poet Mallory Tater’s forthcoming debut novel The Birth Yard. The novel is set in a contemporary isolated cult that controls women’s fertility. The ... Read More »

March 18, 2019

How Jane Austen and a devastating personal crisis inspired Natalie Jenner’s debut novel

By Ryan Porter

In December 2015, Natalie Jenner fulfilled a lifelong dream of opening a bookstore. The charming 450-square-foot Archetype Books quickly became a fixture with readers in the small city of Oakville, Ontario, which had been without ... Read More »

March 18, 2019

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What Canadian publishers and agents are bringing to Bologna 2019

Max Eisen wins Canada Reads 2019

Daily Deals: Charles Demers to Douglas & McIntyre in three-book deal

Indigenous studies texts get an innovative upgrade with UBC Press’s RavenSpace

Personnel changes: Dundurn Press announces hires, promotions

Daily Deals: Vivek Shraya signs two-book deal with Penguin Canada

Esi Edugyan to executive produce Washington Black as limited series for Fox

Personnel changes: New agents at The Rights Factory, Robert Rose hires in marketing and publicity

Daily Deals: Audible scoops audio rights to Mallory Tater’s The Birth Yard

How Jane Austen and a devastating personal crisis inspired Natalie Jenner’s debut novel

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