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Books on the Transit teams up with literacy advocates local and abroad for Toronto book drops

Metrolinx riders in the GTA have been enjoying some free reads thanks to Books on the Transit, a grassroots initiative that aims to get commuters engaging with literature. Since March, co-founders Kristyn Little and Danielle Sanders have been ... Read More »

July 27, 2017

Book Links: No Canadians on Man Booker longlist; Hillary Clinton’s forthcoming memoir gets a name

By Becky Robertson

Arundhati Roy, Zadie Smith among 2017 Man Booker Prize longlisters. (The Guardian) Hillary Clinton's forthcoming election memoir, due from Simon & Schuster in September, will be titled What Happened. (Entertainment Weekly) Comics legend Stan Lee is creating ... Read More »

July 27, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Pasha Malla named Laurier’s Edna Staebler writer-in-residence

By Becky Robertson

Pasha Malla has been named Wilfrid Laurier University's Edna Staebler writer-in-residence for fall 2017. During his intensive residency, taking place at Wilfrid Laurier's Waterloo and Brantford, Ontario, campuses Oct. 23–Nov. 3, Malla will be working on two ... Read More »

July 26, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Daily Deals: BookThug acquires new David Odhiambo; Dundurn continues Jack Taggart series

By Becky Robertson

BookThug publisher Jay MillAr has acquired the fourth novel by Hawaii-based Canadian author and English professor David N. Odhiambo. Smells Like Stars touches on themes of conventional expectations and gender roles, following a soon-to-be-married couple, and their transgender daughter from a ... Read More »

July 26, 2017

Book Links: Publishers say no book deals for O.J.; Tom Hanks to debut his book at London Lit Fest

By Becky Robertson

BookNet Canada reports print sales have fallen 2.7 per cent in the first half of 2017. (The Digital Reader) Publishers say they won't be signing any book deals with O.J. Simpson. (TMZ) Barnes & Noble ... Read More »

July 26, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Book news

Coach House Books finds U.S. publicity support with Cursor Marketing Services

By Becky Robertson

Coach House Books is the first Canadian press to sign with Cursor Marketing Services, a new boutique agency offering U.S. marketing and publicity services to a handful of international publishers, Publishers Weekly reports. Cursor, launched this ... Read More »

July 25, 2017 | Filed under: Agency/distribution changes

The Breadwinner film adaptation to make world debut at TIFF

By Becky Robertson

The film adaptation of Deborah Ellis's internationally bestselling 2000 novel The Breadwinner (Groundwood Books) – the first in a children's series about an 11-year-old in Kabul who disguises herself as a boy to make money for her family ... Read More »

July 25, 2017 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Deals

Cundill History Prize relaunch stresses need for quality historical non-fiction in “fake news” era

By Becky Robertson

The team behind the international Cundill History Prize, the country's richest prize for historical non-fiction, is pushing an ambitious relaunch for its 10th anniversary this year. Administered by the faculty of arts at McGill University ... Read More »

July 24, 2017

Daily Deals: New Elisabeth de Mariaffi thriller sells in the U.K.

By Becky Robertson

Titan Publishing Group has acquired U.K. and Commonwealth (ex. Canada) rights to St. John's author Elisabeth de Mariaffi's second thriller, I Remember You, about a woman who fears the dark truth about her upstate New York community and her ... Read More »

July 24, 2017

Distribution change: Artifice Books

By Becky Robertson

U.K. architecture book publisher Artifice Press will be represented in Canada by the Hornblower Group, ... Read More »

July 24, 2017

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Books on the Transit teams up with literacy advocates local and abroad for Toronto book drops

Book Links: No Canadians on Man Booker longlist; Hillary Clinton’s forthcoming memoir gets a name

Pasha Malla named Laurier’s Edna Staebler writer-in-residence

Daily Deals: BookThug acquires new David Odhiambo; Dundurn continues Jack Taggart series

Book Links: Publishers say no book deals for O.J.; Tom Hanks to debut his book at London Lit Fest

Coach House Books finds U.S. publicity support with Cursor Marketing Services

The Breadwinner film adaptation to make world debut at TIFF

Cundill History Prize relaunch stresses need for quality historical non-fiction in “fake news” era

Daily Deals: New Elisabeth de Mariaffi thriller sells in the U.K.

Distribution change: Artifice Books

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