A specialty committee comprising publishing industry professionals under the name Canada FBM2020 has been busy determining how Canada will best showcase its literary talent at what is considered the biggest annual event of the book world.
Daily Deals: Foreign deals for David Chariandy, Lynne Kutsukake, and more
Personnel Change: Invisible Publishing
Q&A: Melanie Florence on her new picture book; worst-case scenarios; and going commercial
While Melanie Florence has written multiple works of fiction and non-fiction for children, the picture book genre is still new to her. It’s also where she’s having the greatest success.
Daily Deals: Biblioasis to publish new Antanas Sileika novel
Why Orca Books published Monique Gray Smith’s Speaking Our Truth
When Andrew Wooldridge, publisher at Orca Book Publishers, heard Marie Wilson, a commissioner for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, speak at the annual general meeting for the Association of Canadian Publishers last year, an idea took root.
How Ricochet Books is bringing back forgotten Canadian pulp fiction
When people think about Canadian literature, dime-store pulp is not the first genre that comes to mind.
Six women mystery writers to add to your reading list
Canadian women crime and mystery writers Ausma Zehanat Khan, Janet Kellough, Anne Emery, R.M. Greenaway, Alice Walsh, and Maureen Jennings.
Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming November titles
Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their favourite upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program and the Canadian Urban Libraries Council.
Daily Deals: D&M to publish Peter Nowak’s book on real-life superheroes
Bouchercon world mystery convention arrives in Toronto
On the weekend of Oct. 11, downtown Toronto will be crawling with murder-minded visitors. But there’ll be no need to hide indoors: it’s simply time for Bouchercon, the annual world mystery convention.
Daily Deals: Kids Can to publish book by Rona Ambrose; foreign deals by Cooke International
Drawn & Quarterly opens second bookstore, this time for kids
Montreal graphica publisher Drawn & Quarterly opened its first designated children’s bookstore at the beginning of October, in honour of the tenth anniversary of its first store, Librairie Drawn & Quarterly.
Personnel Change: Arsenal Pulp Press
Vancouver’s Arsenal Pulp Press has announced that longtime editor Susan Safyan will be stepping down from her role with the company on Jan. 31, 2018.
A forgotten dictionary of Canadianisms is updated for the 21st century
Anyone who has ever wondered about the historical origins of the word “eh,” or why Canadians call a couch a “chesterfield,” will want to explore the new edition of a forgotten volume of Canadiana.
Hillary Davidson: Blockbuster domestic thrillers by women have roots in a violent past
You don’t need to be a sleuth to see that the female takeover of crime fiction is almost complete.
Wattpad partners with eOne to develop fiction into TV and film
Toronto entertainment production Entertainment One has partnered with Toronto-based online story-telling community Wattpad to adapt fan-fiction from the platform into feature film, TV, and virtual reality.
Great Plains Publications launches middle-grade imprint
Winnipeg-based Great Plains Publications is catering to a new demographic of readers (as well as honouring its lost office dog) with Yellow Dog, an imprint dedicated to middle-grade fiction.
Daily Deals: S&S acquires two Roz Nay books; PRH to publish two YA novels by Raziel Reid
Distribution Change: Dundurn
Personnel Changes: Page Two Strategies
Daily Deals: Three new titles for Dundurn
What titles are Canadian publishers and agents toting to Frankfurt 2017?
The book industry’s biggest event for literary rights acquisitions, the Frankfurt Book Fair, takes place in Frankfurt, Germany, Oct. 11–15.
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