by Becky Robertson

Daily Deals: M&S to publish Star reporter Katie Daubs’s true-crime debut

McClelland & Stewart publisher Jared Bland has acquired Canadian rights to Toronto Star reporter Katie Daubs’s non-fiction book about the unsolved 1919 disappearance of theatre entrepreneur Ambrose Small. Publication of the untitled work is set ... Read More »

January 11, 2017

Personnel Change: TouchWood Editions publisher Pat Touchie retires

By Becky Robertson

Victoria-based press TouchWood Editions has announced that publisher emeritus Pat Touchie has retired‚ effective immediately. Taryn Boyd‚ ... Read More »

January 11, 2017

Book Links: Trump aide accused of plagiarism; Canada’s high-brow book-stealing habit

By Becky Robertson

George R. R. Martin says long-awaited new Song of Fire and Ice book could appear this year. Maybe. (MashReads) Trump aide Monica Crowley has book pulled over plagiarism allegations – both in the book and her PhD ... Read More »

January 11, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Awards: Ross King‚ Diane Schoemperlen among 2017 RBC Taylor Prize finalists

By Becky Robertson

The five finalists vying for this year's RBC Taylor Prize‚ recognizing the best in Canadian-authored literary non-fiction with a $25,000 purse‚ were announced at the Omni King Edward Hotel in Toronto this morning. Author Colin ... Read More »

January 11, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Ontario Arts Council launches new website and application system

By Becky Robertson

The Ontario Arts Council has revealed a newly redesigned website and grant application system‚ which aims to simplify the funding application process for the province's artists and authors. With a move to online-only applications comes ... Read More »

January 11, 2017 | Filed under: Industry news

Daily Deals: WLU Press to publish Sherrill Grace’s Timothy Findley biography

By Becky Robertson

Wilfrid Laurier University Press editor Siobhan McMenemy has acquired world rights to Tiff: The Life and Works of Timothy Findley, a non-fiction work about the CanLit legend‚ by B.C. author Sherrill Grace. The title is ... Read More »

January 10, 2017

Book Links: PRH to sell Penguin Singapore and Malaysia; Marlon James to write fantasy series

By Becky Robertson

Penguin Random House to sell Penguin Singapore and Malaysia. (The Bookseller) U.S. author groups band together against Simon & Schuster's publication of Milo Yiannopoulos book. (Melville House) Man Booker Prize winner Marlon James to pen ... Read More »

January 10, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Knife Fork Book finds its niche with Toronto poetry lovers

By Becky Robertson

Verse lovers celebrated a new must-see destination nestled in the city's eclectic Kensington Market over the holidays. Knife Fork Book‚ launched by Jeff Kirby‚ sets itself apart from other booksellers not only with its focus ... Read More »

January 9, 2017

Personnel Change: Grant Munroe steps down from Biblioasis

By Becky Robertson

Windsor‚ Ontario-based press Biblioasis has announced that, effective immediately‚ director of marketing and publicity Grant Munroe will step down to focus on other projects‚ including his personal writing and his newly founded Woodbridge Farm Writers' ... Read More »

January 9, 2017

Daily Deals: HarperCollins to publish new Elisabeth de Mariaffi novel

By Becky Robertson

HarperCollins senior vice-president and executive publisher Iris Tupholme has acquired Canadian English-language rights to a new novel by Giller Prize–longlisted author Elisabeth de Mariaffi. The post-war‚ idyllic 1950s upstate New York setting of I Remember You strangely parallels a ... Read More »

January 9, 2017

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Daily Deals: M&S to publish Star reporter Katie Daubs’s true-crime debut

Personnel Change: TouchWood Editions publisher Pat Touchie retires

Book Links: Trump aide accused of plagiarism; Canada’s high-brow book-stealing habit

Awards: Ross King‚ Diane Schoemperlen among 2017 RBC Taylor Prize finalists

Ontario Arts Council launches new website and application system

Daily Deals: WLU Press to publish Sherrill Grace’s Timothy Findley biography

Book Links: PRH to sell Penguin Singapore and Malaysia; Marlon James to write fantasy series

Knife Fork Book finds its niche with Toronto poetry lovers

Personnel Change: Grant Munroe steps down from Biblioasis

Daily Deals: HarperCollins to publish new Elisabeth de Mariaffi novel

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