by Becky Robertson

New deals from Westwood Creative Artists

Bruce Westwood at Westwood Creative Artists has the following deals to report: Dundurn Press editorial director Carrie Gleason has acquired world rights to three forthcoming novels in Arthur Ellis Award–winning Ontario author and journalist Steve Burrows’ ... Read More »

July 22, 2015

Arsenal Pulp acquires new fiction by Claudia Casper and Fraser Nixon

By Becky Robertson

Arsenal Pulp Press publisher Brian Lam has acquired world English-language rights to best-selling Vancouver author Claudia Casper’s latest novel, The Mercy Journals, a dystopian story of a former soldier in the aftermath of a new ... Read More »

July 22, 2015

New deals for BookThug

By Becky Robertson

BookThug publisher Jay MillAr has acquired English-language rights from Le Quartanier to late Montreal author Vickie Gendreau’s debut title, Testament, written as the author was undergoing treatment for a brain tumour in her early twenties. ... Read More »

July 22, 2015

Windsor library’s self-publishing machine a hit, E.L. Doctorow dies at 84, and more

By Becky Robertson

Self-publishing machine at a Windsor, Ontario, library has produced more than 10,000 books in three years. Ragtime author E.L. Doctorow dies at 84. Latest Go Set a Watchman news: readers promised new copies after first-run ... Read More »

July 22, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Dani Farmer takes over for Dot Middlemass at Ampersand Inc.

By Becky Robertson

Effective Aug. 13, Dot Middlemass, award-winning Ampersand Inc. book representative and account manager, is retiring. Middlemass served with the company for 22 years. Effective immediately, Dani Farmer, former Orca Books customer service and marketing representative, ... Read More »

July 22, 2015

Naomi Klein wins 2015 American Book Award

By Becky Robertson

The California-based Before Columbus Foundation has named Naomi Klein winner of an American Book Award for her revered 2014 title This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate (Knopf Canada). The annual prize, now in its ... Read More »

July 21, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

BookThug acquires collections by Phil Hall and Stephen Thomas

By Becky Robertson

BookThug fiction editor Malcolm Sutton has acquired world rights to Toronto writer Stephen Thomas’s Metatron Prize for Rising Authors of Contemporary Literature–shortlisted The Jokes, a debut collection of flash fiction, some of which has previously ... Read More »

July 21, 2015

Address and personnel changes: The Cooke Agency

By Becky Robertson

The Cooke Agency and The Cooke Agency International have the following changes to report: Effective immediately, former intern and agency assistant Paige Sisley has been promoted to literary and marketing assistant. Also effective immediately, Leah ... Read More »

July 21, 2015

Book illustrators launch campaign for due credit, confessions from the world of lucrative ghostwritten ebooks, and more

By Becky Robertson

Book illustrators launch social media campaign for cover credit An inside look at the self-published ebook market where this author makes $150,000 U.S. a year off of ghostwritten titles Go Set a Watchman sells 1.1-million ... Read More »

July 21, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Tundra acquires new fiction by Meaghan McIsaac

By Becky Robertson

Penguin Random House Canada Children's Publishing Group publisher Tara Walker has acquired Canadian rights at auction to Toronto author Meaghan McIsaac’s middle grade novel, Movers, and an unnamed follow-up title. The series takes place in a ... Read More »

July 20, 2015

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New deals from Westwood Creative Artists

Arsenal Pulp acquires new fiction by Claudia Casper and Fraser Nixon

New deals for BookThug

Windsor library’s self-publishing machine a hit, E.L. Doctorow dies at 84, and more

Dani Farmer takes over for Dot Middlemass at Ampersand Inc.

Naomi Klein wins 2015 American Book Award

BookThug acquires collections by Phil Hall and Stephen Thomas

Address and personnel changes: The Cooke Agency

Book illustrators launch campaign for due credit, confessions from the world of lucrative ghostwritten ebooks, and more

Tundra acquires new fiction by Meaghan McIsaac

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