Daily Deals: Foreign deals for David Chariandy, Lynne Kutsukake, and more
October 18, 2017 at 04:01pm | Filed under: Deals
Personnel Change: Invisible Publishing
Invisible Publishing has announced that Bryan Jay Ibeas has joined its team in an editing and acquisitions role. He will… Read More »
October 17, 2017 at 04:09pm | Filed under: Personnel changes
Q&A: Melanie Florence on her new picture book; worst-case scenarios; and going commercial
While Melanie Florence has written multiple works of fiction and non-fiction for children, the picture book genre is still new to her. It’s also where she’s having the greatest success.
October 16, 2017 at 05:59pm | Filed under: Children's publishing, People
Daily Deals: Biblioasis to publish new Antanas Sileika novel
October 16, 2017 at 04:07pm | Filed under: Deals
Why Orca Books published Monique Gray Smith’s Speaking Our Truth
When Andrew Wooldridge, publisher at Orca Book Publishers, heard Marie Wilson, a commissioner for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, speak at the annual general meeting for the Association of Canadian Publishers last year, an idea took root.
October 13, 2017 at 11:00am | Filed under: Children's publishing
Future of URP Indigenous anthology uncertain as six authors pull work
Six women and two-spirit authors have pulled out of a forthcoming anthology from the University of Regina Press for including work by Cree-Scottish poet and painter Neal McLeod, who, in 2014, plead guilty to domestic assault.
October 12, 2017 at 10:51pm
How Ricochet Books is bringing back forgotten Canadian pulp fiction
When people think about Canadian literature, dime-store pulp is not the first genre that comes to mind.
October 12, 2017 at 04:31pm | Filed under: Industry News
Six women mystery writers to add to your reading list
Canadian women crime and mystery writers Ausma Zehanat Khan, Janet Kellough, Anne Emery, R.M. Greenaway, Alice Walsh, and Maureen Jennings.
October 12, 2017 at 04:27pm | Filed under: Industry News, People
Authors for Indies to return in 2018 with new organizers
Authors for Indies, the three-year-old event that brought writers into local bookshops to handsell titles for a day, is going to look a lot different next year.
October 12, 2017 at 03:25pm
The Cooke Agency and the McDermid Agency amalgamate to become CookeMcDermid
The Cooke Agency and the McDermid Agency kicked off their first night at the Frankfurt Book Fair with a party celebrating their amalgamation.
October 12, 2017 at 03:22pm
Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming November 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.
October 12, 2017 at 02:59pm | Filed under: Libraries
Daily Deals: D&M to publish Peter Nowak’s book on real-life superheroes
October 12, 2017 at 02:57pm | Filed under: Deals
Bouchercon world mystery convention arrives in Toronto
On the weekend of Oct. 11, downtown Toronto will be crawling with murder-minded visitors. But there’ll be no need to hide indoors: it’s simply time for Bouchercon, the annual world mystery convention.
October 12, 2017 at 10:53am | Filed under: Industry News
Daily Deals: Kids Can to publish book by Rona Ambrose; foreign deals by Cooke International
October 11, 2017 at 01:21pm | Filed under: Deals
Drawn & Quarterly opens second bookstore, this time for kids
Montreal graphica publisher Drawn & Quarterly opened its first designated children’s bookstore at the beginning of October, in honour of the tenth anniversary of its first store, Librairie Drawn & Quarterly.
October 11, 2017 at 12:44pm | Filed under: Children's publishing, Industry News
Personnel Change: Arsenal Pulp Press
Vancouver’s Arsenal Pulp Press has announced that longtime editor Susan Safyan will be stepping down from her role with the company on Jan. 31, 2018.
October 11, 2017 at 12:28pm | Filed under: Personnel changes
A forgotten dictionary of Canadianisms is updated for the 21st century
Anyone who has ever wondered about the historical origins of the word “eh,” or why Canadians call a couch a “chesterfield,” will want to explore the new edition of a forgotten volume of Canadiana.
October 10, 2017 at 05:22pm | Filed under: Industry News
Hillary Davidson: Blockbuster domestic thrillers by women have roots in a violent past
You don’t need to be a sleuth to see that the female takeover of crime fiction is almost complete.
October 10, 2017 at 02:58pm | Filed under: Industry News, People
Wattpad partners with eOne to develop fiction into TV and film
Toronto entertainment production Entertainment One has partnered with Toronto-based online story-telling community Wattpad to adapt fan-fiction from the platform into feature film, TV, and virtual reality.
October 5, 2017 at 04:14pm | Filed under: Industry News
Great Plains Publications launches middle-grade imprint
Winnipeg-based Great Plains Publications is catering to a new demographic of readers (as well as honouring its lost office dog) with Yellow Dog, an imprint dedicated to middle-grade fiction.
October 5, 2017 at 03:05pm | Filed under: Industry News
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