by Ryan Porter

Distribution changes: Codasat Canada, Georgetown Publications

Effective July 1, Codasat Canada will sell and distribute all titles from the University Press of Florida. The University of Toronto Press Distribution Centre will be responsible for all billing and shipping in Canada. Only books ... Read More »

June 20, 2019

Agency change: Transatlantic Agency to represent Page Two Books internationally

By Ryan Porter

Page Two Books will be represented internationally by Transatlantic Agency. Senior literary agent Stephanie Sinclair will represent Page Two for all non-English rights internationally. She will also represent selected audio rights and, with Transatlantic's Rob ... Read More »

June 19, 2019

Twelve titles longlisted for Toronto Book Award

By Ryan Porter

The Toronto Book Awards have announced the 12 titles which have made the 2019 longlist. The shortlisted authors, who will be announced on Aug. 15, will each receive $1,000. The winner will receive $10,000, to ... Read More »

June 19, 2019

Daily Deals: Michael LaPointe’s debut psychological thriller sold to Random House Canada

By Ryan Porter

Random House Canada’s Anne Collins and Rick Meier have acquired Canadian rights to Michael LaPointe’s debut novel The Creep. The book is described as a genre-busting, psychological thriller that follows a fact-bending journalist in pursuit ... Read More »

June 19, 2019

Daily Deals: ECW Press strengthens non-fiction slate with three acquisitions

By Ryan Porter

ECW Press has acquired three new non-fiction titles: Co-publisher Jack David has acquired world rights to Ethan Lou’s Once a Bitcoin Miner. The non-fiction book is described as a journey through scandal and turmoil in ... Read More »

June 17, 2019

Crime writer Wayne Arthurson adds agent to his portfolio

By Ryan Porter

Need your book sold? Wayne Arthurson is on the case. The Edmonton-based crime writer behind the Leo Desroches and Camp 133 series struck his first deal as an agent earlier this month, a three-book deal ... Read More »

June 17, 2019

Dionne Brand wins Trillium Book Award

By Ryan Porter

Dionne Brand has won the 2019 Trillium Book Award for The Blue Clerk (McClelland & Stewart). The $20,000 prize rewards literary excellence by a writer from Ontario. The Blue Clerk, a dialogue about writing between ... Read More »

June 14, 2019

Daily Deals: Zsuzsi Gartner sells debut novel to Penguin Canada

By Ryan Porter

Penguin Canada publisher Nicole Winstanley has acquired North American rights to Scotiabank Giller Prize–nominated short-story writer Zsuzsi Gartner’s debut novel, The Beguiling, to be published under the Hamish Hamilton imprint. The darkly humourous, urban gothic novel ... Read More »

June 14, 2019

Willenfield Literary Agency seeks new and established writers

By Ryan Porter

The newly launched Ottawa-based Willenfield Literary Agency is welcoming new and established Canadian and international writers. The agency, founded by Akin Akinwumi, specializes in literary fiction, literary non-fiction, and general non-fiction. In a press release, ... Read More »

June 14, 2019

Personnel change: Westwood Creative Artists

By Ryan Porter

Chris Casuccio will be rejoining Westwood Creative Artists as an agent. Casuccio was first hired in 2006, and has ... Read More »

June 13, 2019

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Distribution changes: Codasat Canada, Georgetown Publications

Agency change: Transatlantic Agency to represent Page Two Books internationally

Twelve titles longlisted for Toronto Book Award

Daily Deals: Michael LaPointe’s debut psychological thriller sold to Random House Canada

Daily Deals: ECW Press strengthens non-fiction slate with three acquisitions

Crime writer Wayne Arthurson adds agent to his portfolio

Dionne Brand wins Trillium Book Award

Daily Deals: Zsuzsi Gartner sells debut novel to Penguin Canada

Willenfield Literary Agency seeks new and established writers

Personnel change: Westwood Creative Artists

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