A passionate reader and champion of Canadian literature, Lee went on to build literary organizations in Canada from the ground up.
Sutherland House Books acquires Fitzhenry & Whiteside
President and CEO Holly Doll is retiring, and Sutherland House Books will be taking over the backlists and frontlists of Fitzhenry & Whiteside and its imprints Red Deer Press, Fifth House, and Whitecap Books.
UBC’s George Bowering Collection and Reading Room meets fundraising goal
Fundraising for the project’s $500,000 price tag began in 2023, but the project was short more than $300,000 as of late November.
Agent Bruce Westwood dies at 84
Frye Festival announces Antonine Maillet tribute in Moncton
‘A really electrifying time to be here’: Nicole Winstanley on her new role at Simon & Schuster Canada
A new children’s publishing program is one of several areas of growth that Winstanley has identified for Simon & Schuster Canada. Also in her sights is expanding the literary imprint Scribner Canada as well as the publisher’s list more generally to include more categories than it has traditionally published in – broadening its lists to provide books for every reader.
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.
Obituary: Morton Mint
Second Story Press’s Margie Wolfe reflects on a life in women’s publishing
“This has been, literally, my life’s work,” Wolfe says. “I came into publishing never expecting it would be the work that I would always do, but I loved it from the start.”
New Star Books to close
In a statement posted to the Vancouver-based independent press’s website earlier this week, publisher Rolf Maurer said he had made the “painful decision” to wind down the press’s operations.
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