The home in Ameliasburgh, Ont., will host nine writers in 2025, including the inaugural recipient of the Steven Heighton Fellowship.
Rights deal: Caroline Pignat

Opinion: Why we need urgent action on potential U.S. tariffs
Without meaningful support from readers, retailers, distributors, and government, we risk losing ground in key markets — undermining an industry that brings the voices of hundreds of Canadian authors and thousands of books to readers worldwide.
Dundurn Press and Canadian International Council partner to launch nonfiction series
The Hon. Henry N.R. Jackman Series on Canada and the World will publish three to four titles a year, with the first title — Pursuing a Public Life: How to Succeed in the Political Arena by the Hon. Sergio Marchi — to be published on Nov. 4.
Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency
Margaret Atwood to publish memoir in fall 2025
The Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts will be published in Canada by McClelland & Stewart on Nov. 4, with simultaneous publishing in the U.S. by Doubleday and in the U.K. by Chatto & Windus.
Access Copyright releases new strategic plan
The plan outlines four goals: increase sales of licences to Canadian organizations, raise awareness about copyright, increase operational efficiency, and build a performance-based culture.