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Daily Deal: Hamish Hamilton signs Steven Heighton novel

Penguin Canada publisher Nicole Winstanley has acquired world rights to a forthcoming novel by author and poet Steven Heighton. Tentatively titled Varosha, the story follows a secret community of Greek exiles on the Turkish side ... Read More »

February 2, 2016

Distribution Change: Harvard Common Press

By Becky Robertson

Effective immediately, Thomas Allen & Son will no longer serve as distributor for ... Read More »

February 2, 2016

Distribution announcement: Figure 1 Publishing

By Becky Robertson

Figure 1 Publishing has announced a new partnership with Munich-based Prestel Publishing for worldwide distribution. Prestel will handle the B.C. press's art, architecture, and design books in all markets outside North America. Prestel will kick ... Read More »

February 2, 2016

Book Links: Angouleme upsets with fake winners; Amazon ups Australian presence; DiCaprio to produce adaptation of YA novel

By Becky Robertson

Angoulême comics festival organizers cause tears by presenting fake list of winners. (The Guardian) Amazon adds more Australian titles and ups presence in the country through the Book Depository. (SMH) Leonardo DiCaprio to produce adaptation of ... Read More »

February 2, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Awards: Michael J. McCann nominated for North American Hammett Prize

By Becky Robertson

Ontario supernatural and crime-fiction author Michael J. McCann is one of five nominees for the 2015 North American Hammet Prize, initiated by the International Association of Crime Writers, for his novel Sorrow Lake: A March ... Read More »

February 1, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Megan Gail Coles, Andrew Kaufman, Sina Queyras win ReLit Awards

By Becky Robertson

This year's winners of the ReLit Awards, which recognize annually the best independently published novel, book of poetry, and short story collection in Canada, were announced on Feb. 1. Andrew Kaufman's The Tiny Wife (Cormorant ... Read More »

February 1, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Daily Deals: Greystone acquires best-selling German book on trees; Iain Reid sells in France

By Becky Robertson

Greystone Books has acquired world English-language rights to German ecologist Peter Wohlleben's The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World. The book is already a number ... Read More »

February 1, 2016

Book Links: The sexist colouring books for kids; Smithsonian launches graphic novels; Rowling taunts readers with more Potter news

By Becky Robertson

U.K. publisher drops gendered titles after backlash. (The Independent) Smithsonian gets into the graphic novel biz with new series. (GalleyCat) House featuring wall papered with the world's most expensive book reopens to the public. (Melville ... Read More »

February 1, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Simon & Schuster Canada spotlights homegrown authors with free ebook sampler

By Becky Robertson

Simon & Schuster is promoting its Canadian publishing program with The Look Book, a new "seasonal sampler" offering free excerpts from a curated selection of its new titles, downloadable from the publisher's website beginning Jan. ... Read More »

January 28, 2016

Toronto Public Library workers battle proposed cuts

By Becky Robertson

The Toronto Public Library Workers Union is calling for changes to working conditions in the face of potential 2016 budget and staffing cuts. The TPL board is moving to cut $250,000 from its budget – ... Read More »

January 28, 2016

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Daily Deal: Hamish Hamilton signs Steven Heighton novel

Distribution Change: Harvard Common Press

Distribution announcement: Figure 1 Publishing

Book Links: Angouleme upsets with fake winners; Amazon ups Australian presence; DiCaprio to produce adaptation of YA novel

Awards: Michael J. McCann nominated for North American Hammett Prize

Awards: Megan Gail Coles, Andrew Kaufman, Sina Queyras win ReLit Awards

Daily Deals: Greystone acquires best-selling German book on trees; Iain Reid sells in France

Book Links: The sexist colouring books for kids; Smithsonian launches graphic novels; Rowling taunts readers with more Potter news

Simon & Schuster Canada spotlights homegrown authors with free ebook sampler

Toronto Public Library workers battle proposed cuts

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