by Ryan Porter

Daily Deals: Dundurn Press’s first titles from new acquisition editors Whitney French and Russell Smith

Dundurn Press has announced its first acquisitions of 2020, including the first books acquired by new acquisition editors Whitney French and Russell Smith. President and publisher Scott Fraser has acquired world rights to Sifton Tracey ... Read More »

January 6, 2020

Distribution change: UBC Press

By Ryan Porter

UBC Press is now the Canadian distributor for Rutgers University Press, University of Hawaii Press, University Press of Mississippi, West Virginia University Press, University Press of Colorado, and Utah State University Press. The books from ... Read More »

January 6, 2020

The Beguiling comics store launches micropublishing arm to focus on translations

By Ryan Porter

After 33 years in bookselling as owner of the Toronto comic-book store The Beguiling, Peter Birkemoe has weathered the frustrations of seeing some of the best graphic novels from around the world fail to find ... Read More »

January 2, 2020

Countdown to Frankfurt 2020: As Canada’s guest of honour year gets underway, what happens next?

By Ryan Porter

Tears flowed as the team from Norway – the Frankfurt Book Fair’s Guest of Honour country for 2019 – made their final speeches in October at the world’s largest publishing trade fair. “These people have ... Read More »

January 2, 2020

Daily Deals: Tyee Bridge to answer scientific questions about coastal B.C. in non-fiction book for Figure 1 Publishing

By Ryan Porter

Figure 1 Publishing has acquired world rights to Tyee Bridge’s Heart of the Coast. The book will explore scientific ... Read More »

December 20, 2019

New kids’ book category introduced for the 2020 Doug Wright Awards

By Ryan Porter

The 2020 Doug Wright Awards, honouring the best Canadian comics and graphic novels, has introduced a category for best book for kids aged 12 and under. The Egghead is named after Canadian cartoonist Doug Wright’s ... Read More »

December 20, 2019

Daily Deals: Cooke International and WCA announce international rights deals

By Ryan Porter

Traumfanger Verlag has acquired German rights to Jessica McDiarmid's Highway of Tears, for publication in spring 2020. The deal was arranged by Hana El Niwairi at Cooke International, working in association with Liepman Agency, on behalf ... Read More »

December 19, 2019

Personnel change: Firefly Books

By Ryan Porter

Effective Jan. 1, 2020, Roberta Samec, Hornblower Group, will take over sales representation of Firefly Books in Northern Ontario. Samec will continue to sell Firefly books to southwestern Ontario and select Toronto accounts. She takes ... Read More »

December 19, 2019

Outgoing Writers’ Trust ED Mary Osborne looks back on the decade in CanLit

By Ryan Porter

For much of the decade, Mary Osborne has led the Writers’ Trust of Canada as executive director. Since Osborne assumed the role in 2013, the organization has launched four new programs and prizes, raised the ... Read More »

December 19, 2019

Bookstore holds short-story contest (with a twist) for 40th anniversary

By Ryan Porter

Forty years in the bookselling business is a long time. But to celebrate, The Book Keeper in Sarnia, Ontario, is keeping things short. The Southern Ontario bookstore is calling for writers to submit flash-fiction (less ... Read More »

December 16, 2019

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Daily Deals: Dundurn Press’s first titles from new acquisition editors Whitney French and Russell Smith

Distribution change: UBC Press

The Beguiling comics store launches micropublishing arm to focus on translations

Countdown to Frankfurt 2020: As Canada’s guest of honour year gets underway, what happens next?

Daily Deals: Tyee Bridge to answer scientific questions about coastal B.C. in non-fiction book for Figure 1 Publishing

New kids’ book category introduced for the 2020 Doug Wright Awards

Daily Deals: Cooke International and WCA announce international rights deals

Personnel change: Firefly Books

Outgoing Writers’ Trust ED Mary Osborne looks back on the decade in CanLit

Bookstore holds short-story contest (with a twist) for 40th anniversary

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