Alan Bradley, the author best known for his bestselling Flavia de Luce mystery series, has died. He was 87.
Literary Press Group of Canada closing Toronto office
The LPG team will be working remotely as of the end of May.
Hybrid publisher Out of Print Press to focus on second editions
The new press is partnering with hybrid publisher Iguana Press.
Bruce Geddes named festival director of Kingston WritersFest
The novelist and journalist will assume the role effective immediately.
Literary agent Dean Cooke dies at 71
Cooke, who founded the agency that would become CookeMcDermid, worked in the Canadian publishing industry for more than 40 years.
Former Vancouver Writers Fest artistic director and CBC host Hal Wake dead at 73
Wake was the artistic director of the Vancouver Writers Fest from 2006 to 2017.
Bookseller Madeline Neill dead at 96
The veteran bookseller and founder of B.C.’s Black Bond Books died on Nov. 1.
Thomas King reveals he has no Indigenous ancestry, withdraws forthcoming book from publication
“At 82, I feel as though I’ve been ripped in half, a one-legged man in a two-legged story,” King wrote. “Not the Indian I had in mind. Not an Indian at all.” He called the discovery a shock.
Random House Canada’s Anne Collins to retire
Collins, who has been executive editor at Random House Canada since 2021, will be retiring in March 2026 after 27 years with Penguin Random House Canada.
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