In a statement, a company spokesperson said the Big Five publisher has reached a deal “to allow limited use of select nonfiction backlist titles for training AI models to improve model quality and performance.”
Personnel changes: Dundurn Press
Anthony Oliveira, Martha Baillie, and Sheung-King among 2024 Writers’ Trust Award winners
Winners of the four annual awards that celebrate writers for their bodies of work were also announced.
Anne Michaels wins 2024 Giller Prize
Anne Michaels was awarded the $100,000 prize at a ceremony in Toronto on November 18.
Rights deals: Jordan Abel, Peter MacLeod and Richard Johnson + one more
Personnel change: P.S. Literary Agency
Stephen R. Bown named 2024 Governor General’s History Award recipient
The 2024 recipients will receive their awards from Governor General Mary Simon at an upcoming ceremony.
Rights deals: Pamela Mordecai, Glenn Dixon + six more
Indie publishing ‘significantly contributed’ to Ontario economy in 2023: study
The study, commissioned by the Ontario Book Publishers Organization (OBPO) has found that the independent book publishing industry contributed $145 million to Ontario’s GDP last year.
Listen up: These podcasts offer a different approach to books and writers
For nearly as long as there have been podcasts, there have been podcasts about stories. Three recently launched podcasts take a slightly different approach to the writing life.
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