by Sue Carter

Meet the breakouts of 2019: Rebecca Fisseha, Téa Mutonji, and Zalika Reid-Benta

Q&Q asks three of the year’s most exciting debut authors – Rebecca Fisseha, Téa Mutonji, and Zalika Reid-Benta – to share the books that inspired them and what’s on their reading lists now. Rebecca Fisseha ... Read More »

December 9, 2019

Distribution change: Amber Lotus Publishing

By Sue Carter

Effective Jan. 1, 2020, Thomas Allen & Son will be the exclusive Canadian distributor for Amber ... Read More »

November 27, 2019

Loan Stars: Librarians pick their upcoming favourite December titles

By Sue Carter

Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their most-anticipated upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program and the Canadian Urban Libraries Council. This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, ... Read More »

November 27, 2019

The Mysterious Package Company forgoes storytelling rules to give wannabe detectives an authentic gumshoe experience

By Sue Carter

As you step inside the gates of La-La Land and push through the gathered crowds, you see the object of all the hullabaloo: there is a pair of men’s legs sticking out the side of ... Read More »

November 25, 2019

Distribution change: Child’s Play

By Sue Carter

Effective Jan. 1, 2020, Thomas Allen & Son will be the exclusive Canadian distributor for Child’s Play®, the U.K.–based children’s publisher. Founded in 1972, Child’s Play has a history of creating innovative, award-winning books for ... Read More »

November 22, 2019

Vancouver poet Ian Williams takes home the Giller Prize for his debut novel, Reproduction

By Sue Carter

Ian Williams, who tonight was named winner of the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel Reproduction (Random House Canada), told Q&Q in January of this year that he is planning to call his next ... Read More »

November 19, 2019

PRHC art director Lisa Jager on 2019’s vibrant cover design trend

By Sue Carter

Lisa Jager, senior art director at Penguin Random House Canada, shares insight into 2019’s vibrant cover design trends. There were so many hot pink and bright yellow covers this year. Why do you think those ... Read More »

November 18, 2019

Daily Deals: Candlewick acquires Troy Wilson picture book

By Sue Carter

Kate Fletcher at Candlewick Press has acquired world rights to Hat Cat by Troy Wilson (Dog vs. Ultra Dog), with illustrations by Eve Coy. The picture book celebrates the friendship that develops between an elderly man and ... Read More »

November 13, 2019

Countdown to Frankfurt 2020: Canadian titles are finding German publishers thanks to new translation funds

By Sue Carter

There’s an area in Hall Six at the Frankfurt Book Fair that Between the Lines managing editor Amanda Crocker refers to as “Lefty Alley.” Every year, the socially progressive Toronto press exhibits alongside other like-minded ... Read More »

November 11, 2019

How hybrid publishers are filling the gaps in Canada’s lean business-book market

By Sue Carter

The Canadian business-book market suffered a major blow in 2013 when Wiley Canada announced it was suspending local operations and centralizing its professional and trade publishing in the U.S., with only the sales and marketing ... Read More »

November 11, 2019

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Meet the breakouts of 2019: Rebecca Fisseha, Téa Mutonji, and Zalika Reid-Benta

Distribution change: Amber Lotus Publishing

Loan Stars: Librarians pick their upcoming favourite December titles

The Mysterious Package Company forgoes storytelling rules to give wannabe detectives an authentic gumshoe experience

Distribution change: Child’s Play

Vancouver poet Ian Williams takes home the Giller Prize for his debut novel, Reproduction

PRHC art director Lisa Jager on 2019’s vibrant cover design trend

Daily Deals: Candlewick acquires Troy Wilson picture book

Countdown to Frankfurt 2020: Canadian titles are finding German publishers thanks to new translation funds

How hybrid publishers are filling the gaps in Canada’s lean business-book market

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