McClelland & Stewart publisher Jared Bland has acquired world English-language rights to a non-fiction work by National Newspaper Award–winning Globe and Mail reporter Dakshana Bascaramurty.
Daily Deals: BookThug to publish new poetry by Shannon Webb-Campbell; new Carol Bruneau novel to Nimbus
BookThug has acquired a new poetry collection about Canada’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women by Shannon Webb-Campbell.
Daily Deals: Freehand Books to publish novel by former UBC creative writing chair Keith Maillard
Freehand Books is set to publish former UBC creative writing chair Keith Maillard’s new novel, Figure 1 partners with GlucksteinDesign for its founder’s first title, and Roz Nay’s psychological thriller sells in Poland.
Kids Can Press to adapt Carmilla series into a YA novel
Toronto children’s publisher Kids Can Press has announced that it will be adapting award-winning webseries Carmilla into a YA novel under the KCP Loft imprint in spring 2019.
Daily Deals: Foreign deals for Linda Bailey, MJ Summers, and Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Today’s book deals.
Daily Deals: Foreign deals for Yann Martel, Jaspreet Singh, and Don Thompson
Yann Martel’s The High Mountains of Portugal has sold in Vietnamese, Jaspreet Singh’s Chef has sold in Arabic, and Don Thompson’s The Supermodel and the Brillo Box has sold in Ukrainian.
Daily Deals: Former Greenpeace VP’s eco-thriller Water Inc. to be adapted to film; Arsenal Pulp acquires new Kevin Chong
New Zealand–based Cloud South Films has acquired film rights to Canadian environmental activist and former Greenpeace vice-president Varda Burstyn’s 2005 eco-thriller Water Inc.
Woodbridge Farm Writers’ Retreat launches book imprint
The Woodbridge Farm Writers’ Retreat is expanding its activities to include book publishing.
Daily Deals: Foreign deals for Claire Cameron
Claire Cameron’s 2017 novel The Last Neanderthal has sold in the Czech Republic, while the Toronto author’s 2014 novel The Bear has sold in Italy.
Robert Gray’s Entropic to be adapted to film
Author and University of New Brunswick English professor Robert Gray is adapting his sophomore short-story collection Entropic (NeWest Press) to film.
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