by Becky Robertson

Shani Mootoo wins Lambda Literary’s Mid-Career Novelist Prize

Trinidad-raised, Ontario-based author and visual artist Shani Mootoo has been awarded Lambda Literary's Dr. James Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize. The award recognizes two LGBTQ–identified writers who have released multiple books and "show promise to continue publishing high quality work for ... Read More »

May 24, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Daily Deals: Goose Lane Editions acquires two Paul Carlucci titles | Simon Pulse acquires Gila Green novel

By Becky Robertson

Goose Lane Editions fiction editor Bethany Gibson has acquired Canadian rights to the next two books by Danuta Gleed Award–winning author Paul Carlucci: The High-Rise in Fort Fierce, a collection of linked stories about living in isolation and ... Read More »

May 23, 2017

Cundill Prize rebrands for its 10th anniversary

By Becky Robertson

The international Cundill Prize for Historical Literature, the richest non-fiction prize for the genre worldwide, is rebranding itself as the Cundill History Prize for its 10th anniversary this year. The McGill University faculty of arts, ... Read More »

May 19, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Nelson Education buys McGraw-Hill Ryerson

By Becky Robertson

Toronto-based educational publisher Nelson Education Ltd. is taking over the K–12 business holdings of competitor McGraw-Hill Ryerson in what it is calling a "strategic acquisition." Nelson will handle all sales, production, development, distribution, and marketing of McGraw-Hill Ryerson's Canadian ... Read More »

May 18, 2017

Is BookCon worth the time for Canadian indies?

By Becky Robertson

Though 14 Canadian publishers are heading to New York City's Javits Center from May 31 to June 2 for this year's Book Expo America – one of the industry's largest annual book-buying events – only a fraction are staying to attend BookCon, the consumer-facing event taking place ... Read More »

May 18, 2017

Titles Canadian publishers are toting to BookExpo 2017

By Becky Robertson

Fourteen Canadian publishers are attending BookExpo America, one of the industry's largest professional events, taking place at the Javits Centre in New York City from May 31 to June 2. This year's event features authors including Hillary ... Read More »

May 18, 2017

Daily Deals: Claire Cameron sells in Spanish, Alan Bradley sells in Finland

By Becky Robertson

Maeva has acquired world Spanish rights to Claire Cameron’s The Last Neanderthal, a novel that parallels the lives of a pregnant archaeologist and the matriarch of the last neanderthal family on earth. The deal was arranged by Julia Garrigós ... Read More »

May 18, 2017

Distribution announcement: Albert Whitman & Company

By Becky Robertson

Effective May 31, Thomas Allen & Son will no longer serve as distributor for U.S. children's publisher Albert ... Read More »

May 18, 2017

Photos: B.C. Book Prizes

By Becky Robertson

The West Coast Book Prize Society awarded literary prizes in eight categories at the lieutenant-governor’s B.C. Book Prizes Gala in Vancouver on April 29. Recipients included Deborah Campbell, Monique Gray Smith and Julie Flett, and Richard Wagamese (posthumously). See photos ... Read More »

May 18, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Photos: Shaughnessy Cohen Prize, Politics and the Pen gala

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada awarded the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing to Toronto author Kamal Al-Solaylee on May 10 at its annual Politics and the Pen Gala, held at Ottawa's Fairmont Chateau Laurier. Al-Solaylee ... Read More »

May 18, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Events

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Shani Mootoo wins Lambda Literary’s Mid-Career Novelist Prize

Daily Deals: Goose Lane Editions acquires two Paul Carlucci titles | Simon Pulse acquires Gila Green novel

Cundill Prize rebrands for its 10th anniversary

Nelson Education buys McGraw-Hill Ryerson

Is BookCon worth the time for Canadian indies?

Titles Canadian publishers are toting to BookExpo 2017

Daily Deals: Claire Cameron sells in Spanish, Alan Bradley sells in Finland

Distribution announcement: Albert Whitman & Company

Photos: B.C. Book Prizes

Photos: Shaughnessy Cohen Prize, Politics and the Pen gala

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