Random House has acquired poet Ian Williams’s debut novel, while House of Anansi will publish Katherena Vermette’s second book of poetry.
Daily Deals: Foreign deals for Alice Kuipers, Roz Nay, Glenn Dixon
Foreign-rights deals for titles by Alice Kuipers, Roz Nay, Glenn Dixon, Alexandre Trudeau, Jay Ingram, and Marc Lewis.
Daily Deals: Jeff Lemire graphic novel to be adapted to film produced by Ryan Gosling
Anonymous Content (Spotlight, True Detective, The Revenant) has optioned film rights to Toronto comic creator Jeff Lemire’s 2012 graphic novel The Underwater Welder (Top Shelf Productions/Canadian Manda Grou
Kidlit Spotlight: Publishers and authors are answering the need for books that shed light on the refugee experience
Attempting to respond to questions from her own school-aged kids about the war in Syria inspired illustrator Suzanne Del Rizzo to write My Beautiful Birds, a book about a young refugee.
Daily Deals: George Elliott Clarke’s family memoir acquired by Knopf Canada; French rights for Notes from a Feminist Killjoy
Knopf Canada editor Amanda Betts has acquired Canadian English-language rights to novelist and Parliamentary poet laureate George Elliot Clarke’s family memoir.
Daily Deals: M&S to publish debut book by Sasha Chapin
McClelland & Stewart publisher Jared Bland has acquired Canadian rights to the first book by National Magazine Award–winning journalist Sasha Chapin.
Daily Deals: ChiZine acquires George A. Romero book; Scholastic to publish new Cale Atkinson picture book
Today’s book deal announcements.
Daily Deals: S&S acquires new middle-grade series; four new titles for Latitude 46
Simon & Schuster Canada children’s book editor Patricia Ocampo has acquired world rights to Yes No Maybe So, is a middle-grade choose-your-own-love-story series.
Daily Deals: KCP Loft acquires new YA novel by Alisha Sevigny
KCP Loft editorial director Kate Egan has acquired World English-language rights to Toronto-based writer Alisha Sevigny’s sophomore YA novel, Summer Constellations.
Daily Deals: Imajin Books acquires novel; sells trilogy foreign rights
Imajin Books publisher Cheryl Tardif has acquired world rights to Kristina Stanley’s new novel, Look the Other Way.
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