by Ryan Porter

Daily Deals: Greystone Kids announces three new picture books; Dundurn acquires psychological suspense novel

Greystone Kids’s Kallie George has acquired three new picture books. The imprint has acquired world rights to Sheryl McFarlane’s Hello Rain. Illustrated by Christine Wei, this picture book celebrates playing in the rain. Publication is ... Read More »

November 7, 2019

David Homel, Lindsay Nixon, Tess Liem among winners of Quebec Writers’ Federation Literary Awards

By Ryan Porter

The Quebec Writers’ Federation has announced the winners of its annual literary awards. Six prizes of $3,000 each were presented at a gala in Montreal on Nov. 5. The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction ... Read More »

November 7, 2019

Distribution change: Erewhon Books

By Ryan Porter

Erewhon Books, a new independent publisher focusing on novel-length works of speculative fiction, has ... Read More »

November 7, 2019

André Alexis, Jenny Heijun Wills win 2019 Writers’ Trust awards

By Ryan Porter

André Alexis has won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for a second time with his novel Days by Moonlight (Coach House Books). The surreal novel follows two men's travels through the small towns of southern ... Read More »

November 5, 2019

Daily Deals: Cooke International, Transatlantic report multiple foreign rights deals

By Ryan Porter

Éditions Hurtubise has acquired Canadian French rights to Shelley Wood’s The Quintland Sisters. The novel is a fictional coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the Dionne Quituplets’ story. The deal was arranged by Stephanie ... Read More »

November 5, 2019

Daily Deals: Brian McLachlan to write and illustrate role-playing graphic novel for Macmillan

By Ryan Porter

Macmillan’s Imprint has acquired world rights to Brian McLachlan’s Complete the Quest. McLachlan will write and illustrate the children’s graphic novel, which reads as a role-playing game where readers pick their heroes and send them ... Read More »

November 4, 2019

Personnel changes: Transatlantic Agency

By Ryan Porter

Cody Caetano has been named interim contracts administrator at Transatlantic Agency. Caetano will fill the position during Laura Cook's upcoming maternity leave. Caetano has worked as a programming assistant for the Word on the Street Toronto festival, and has ... Read More »

November 4, 2019

Distribution change: Baker & Taylor Publisher Services

By Ryan Porter

Effective Jan. 1, 2020, Ampersand, Inc. will be the new book ... Read More »

November 4, 2019

Personnel change: HarperCollins Canada

By Ryan Porter

Effective immediately, Jennifer Lambert has been promoted to senior editorial director at HarperCollins Canada. Lambert has been with HarperCollins ... Read More »

November 4, 2019

Brickyard, an online hub for spoken poetry, seeks range of forms in open call

By Ryan Porter

Bestselling authors such as George Elliott Clarke and Jesse Thistle stand alongside writers being published for the first time on Brickyard, Brick Books’ digital audio hub for Canadian poetry, performance, spoken word, and storytelling. The ... Read More »

November 4, 2019

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Daily Deals: Greystone Kids announces three new picture books; Dundurn acquires psychological suspense novel

David Homel, Lindsay Nixon, Tess Liem among winners of Quebec Writers’ Federation Literary Awards

Distribution change: Erewhon Books

André Alexis, Jenny Heijun Wills win 2019 Writers’ Trust awards

Daily Deals: Cooke International, Transatlantic report multiple foreign rights deals

Daily Deals: Brian McLachlan to write and illustrate role-playing graphic novel for Macmillan

Personnel changes: Transatlantic Agency

Distribution change: Baker & Taylor Publisher Services

Personnel change: HarperCollins Canada

Brickyard, an online hub for spoken poetry, seeks range of forms in open call

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