When Douglas & McIntyre – once one of Canada’s largest independent book publishers – filed for bankruptcy in fall 2012, the news sent reverberations throughout the industry.
Jordan Abel, Jen Sookfong Lee, and Canisia Lubrin join Buckrider Books’ newly formed editorial board
Paul Vermeersch, publisher of Buckrider Books, an imprint of Hamilton, Ontario, literary press Wolsak & Wynn, has announced the formation of an editorial advisory board to assist in finding new titles and provide hands-on editorial work once books are signed.
Daily Deals: Dundurn acquires book about Canadian baseball’s Blue Monday
Agency Change: WAFF World Gifts Inc.
Hornblower Group has announced that, effective immediately, it is representing WAFF World Gifts Inc.
Ayub Nuri: For years, the people of Kurdistan have had to plead with other countries to help in times of need
Ayub Nuri on his childhood and his new book, Being Kurdish in a Hostile World.
“Great spread” of 20 presses take part in Indigenous Editors Circle at Humber
Toronto’s Humber College last month hosted its first Indigenous Editors Circle, a program launched in Saskatchewan in 2014 (as the Aboriginal Editors Circle) to help support Indigenous literature and educate the country’s publishers and editors on best practices when handling manuscripts by Indigenous authors.
Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming October 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: Doubleday acquires two new Shari Lapena thrillers; audiobook deals for Alix Hawley and Eden Robinson
Daily Deals: New stories, poetry, non-fiction, and a novel for ECW Press
Jan Andrews, Canadian children’s author and storyteller, dies after a fall
Storyteller and children’s author Jan Andrews died on Sept. 2, at the age of 75, after falling down a flight of stairs at a friend’s home earlier in the week.
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