Industry News

Personnel change: Sutherland House Books

July 17, 2025 at 04:34pm | Filed under: Industry News, Personnel changes

Rights deals: Hank Idsinga, Kai Cheng Thom + three more

July 17, 2025 at 03:40pm | Filed under: Deals, Industry News

Personnel changes: Simon & Schuster Canada

July 17, 2025 at 03:24pm | Filed under: Industry News, Personnel changes

Future uncertain for Giller Prize: report

Without stable funding, the Giller Foundation says the prize will be forced to end operations at the end of 2025, according to a report.

July 17, 2025 at 12:26pm | Filed under: Awards, Industry News

Thistledown Press at 50: half a century of ‘a wonderful kind of continuity’

Thistledown Press was born in 1975 from a kitchen-table conversation between Sorestad and some friends about starting a new venture to publish the work of Western Canadian poets.

July 16, 2025 at 12:43pm | Filed under: Industry News

Thistledown Press at 50: A visual timeline, 1975–2025

July 16, 2025 at 12:18pm | Filed under: Industry News

Bestsellers: Top 10 Canadian Fiction, July 6–12

July 16, 2025 at 09:06am | Filed under: Bestsellers, Industry News

Rights deals: Barbara Nickel, Tom Gauld + seven more

July 14, 2025 at 05:04pm | Filed under: Deals, Industry News

Rights deals: Jennifer Kingsley and Chantel Lavoie

July 10, 2025 at 02:43pm | Filed under: Deals, Industry News

Collaboration drives S&S Canada’s new children’s publishing program

The program, which will launch in fall 2026 with three titles, has been built from the ground up since children’s editor Yashaswi Kesanakurthy joined the publisher in October.

July 9, 2025 at 04:35pm | Filed under: Industry News

Address change: Breakwater Books

July 9, 2025 at 02:57pm | Filed under: Address changes, Industry News

Book Making: Inhabit Media’s Louise Flaherty on republishing an Inuit classic

Amaruq: The Wolf was one of the first novels written in Inuktitut and was first published by the Baffin Divisional Board of Education in 1998. A new bilingual edition from Inhabit Media brings the story to a wider readership.

July 9, 2025 at 01:12pm | Filed under: Industry News

Madelaine Caritas Longman wins Joseph S. Stauffer Prize for literature

The annual Joseph S. Stauffer Prizes, administered by the Canada Council, are awarded to emerging or mid-career artists who stand out for their strong artistic potential in their respective disciplines

July 9, 2025 at 01:08pm | Filed under: Awards, Industry News

12 books longlisted for 2025 Toronto Book Awards

With this year’s prize, the Toronto Book Awards have doubled in value: the winning author will now receive $20,000, and each of the remaining shortlisted finalists will receive $2,000.

July 9, 2025 at 01:07pm | Filed under: Awards, Industry News