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Terry Fallis signs two-book deal with M&S’s Douglas Gibson Books

Terry Fallis fans won't have to wait much longer to get their fix. The Canada Reads winner has signed a two-book deal with McClelland & Stewart's Douglas Gibson Books imprint, with the first title, No Relation, ... Read More »

July 5, 2013 | Filed under: Deals

HarperCollins Canada signs Jamie Oliver to four-book deal

By Sue Carter

HarperCollins Canada has signed U.K. chef and TV personality Jamie Oliver to a four-book deal. Save with Jamie: Shop Smart, Cook Clever, Waste Less and Jamie's 15-Minute Meals (published last year in the U.K.) will ... Read More »

June 6, 2013 | Filed under: Deals

Olivia Chow memoir due out early next year

By Julie Baldassi

Trinity-Spadina MP Olivia Chow announced Wednesday morning that she is set to pen a memoir, which will be published by HarperCollins Canada. The book will chronicle her life as a young Hong Kong transplant in ... Read More »

May 1, 2013 | Filed under: Deals, Industry news

Beach Boy Brian Wilson to write autobiography

By Natalie Sequeira

With more than 50 years of music under his belt, rock 'n' roll legend Brian Wilson is set to pen an autobiography. According to a press release, the chief songwriter and producer of the Beach ... Read More »

April 15, 2013 | Filed under: Authors, Deals, Industry news

Amy Poehler to publish “non-linear diary” with HarperCollins

By Sue Carter

Following in the footsteps of her best-selling BFF Tina Fey, Amy Poehler is the latest celebrity to sign a book deal. The spring 2014 title is described as an "illustrated, non-linear diary full of humour ... Read More »

January 29, 2013 | Filed under: Authors, Deals, Industry news

Joseph Boyden’s new novel to examine Canada’s formative years

By Safa Jinje

Joseph Boyden's writing interweaves the multifarious spirit of Canadian experiences by drawing upon a wealth of northern narratives. His first novel, Three Day Road (Penguin Canada), examines the trauma of the First World War through ... Read More »

October 18, 2012 | Filed under: Deals

IFOA’s International Visitors Programme: the schmooze factor

By Cheri Hanson

Less than 24 hours into a September business trip to New York City, three people had already asked Iris Tupholme the same question: how could they land an invitation to the International Visitors (IV) Programme? ... Read More »

October 18, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Deals, Events

Michael Winter’s forthcoming novel strikes out in new direction

By Steven W. Beattie

Michael Winter is a writer who is known for taking chances. Widely praised as a stylistic virtuoso, his last novel, 2010's The Death of Donna Whalen, blended fact and fiction to tell the story of ... Read More »

September 17, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Deals, Industry news

Penguin to publish Sheila Watt-Cloutier memoir

By Steven W. Beattie

Canadian Inuit activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier has been awarded the Order of Canada and, in 2007, was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize (the Nobel eventually went to former U.S. vice-president turned environmental activist Al Gore). ... Read More »

September 10, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Deals, Industry news

Andrew Pyper sells manuscript to Universal Pictures, Simon & Schuster

By Natalie Samson

The film rights to Andrew Pyper's forthcoming novel, The Demonologist, have been optioned to Universal Pictures. The book follows a Columbia University professor and demonology expert who uses Milton's Paradise Lost as a guide to ... Read More »

March 1, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Deals

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