by Becky Robertson

Daily Deals: D&M to publish Peter Nowak’s book on real-life superheroes

Douglas & McIntyre managing editor Anna Comfort O'Keefe has acquired Canadian rights to Toronto tech journalist Peter Nowak's The Hero Gotham Needs: The Rise of Real-Life Super Heroes and How They Reflect Us All. The non-fiction title will ... Read More »

October 12, 2017

Book Links: HarperCollins to publish Cher memoir; Hachette shutters Weinstein Books imprint

By Becky Robertson

HarperCollins to publish Cher memoir. (Publishers Weekly) Hachette Book Group closes Weinstein Books imprint following the film mogul's sexual assault scandal. (Deadline) Girls and The Book of Mormon actor Andrew Rannells is also releasing a memoir. (Entertainment Weekly) ... Read More »

October 12, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Yasuko Thanh and Margriet Ruurs named Victoria Book Prize recipients

By Becky Robertson

Yasuko Thanh and Margriet Ruurs are the winners of this year's Victoria Book Awards, which aim to increase visibility and opportunity for local authors. Thanh received the $5,000 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize ... Read More »

October 12, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Carleigh Baker wins 2017 Vancouver Book Award

By Becky Robertson

Carleigh Baker has been named winner of this year's Vancouver Book Award, which annually recognizes a title that best evokes the city's people and places. Selected from a shortlist of four finalists, Baker received her $3,000 ... Read More »

October 12, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Weinstein Books to continue publishing; new 50 Shades book coming in November

By Becky Robertson

Hachette Book Group to move forward with forthcoming Weinstein Books titles amid sexual assault allegations. (Publishers Weekly) Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski threatened to break her book contract with the publisher if Weinstein didn't resign. (Melville ... Read More »

October 11, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Daily Deals: Kids Can to publish book by Rona Ambrose; foreign deals by Cooke International

By Becky Robertson

Kids Can Press has acquired a new children's book by Rona Ambrose, former Conservative Party leader and International Day of the Girl founder, written in collaboration with Jessica Dee Humphreys. The unnamed picture book, based on interviews ... Read More »

October 11, 2017

Drawn & Quarterly opens second bookstore, this time for kids

By Becky Robertson

Montreal graphica publisher Drawn & Quarterly opened its first designated children's bookstore at the beginning of October, in honour of the tenth anniversary of its first shop, Librairie Drawn & Quarterly. La Petite Librairie Drawn ... Read More »

October 11, 2017

Personnel Change: Arsenal Pulp Press

By Becky Robertson

Arsenal Pulp Press has announced that longtime editor Susan Safyan will be stepping down from her role with the company on Jan. 31, 2018. Safyan has been with the Vancouver publisher for more than nine years and ... Read More »

October 11, 2017

Wattpad partners with eOne to develop fiction into TV and film

By Becky Robertson

Toronto entertainment production Entertainment One has partnered with Toronto-based online story-telling community Wattpad to adapt fiction from the platform into feature films, TV, and virtual reality. Wattpad will identify from its more than 400 million ... Read More »

October 5, 2017

Great Plains Publications launches middle-grade imprint

By Becky Robertson

Winnipeg-based Great Plains Publications will begin catering to a new demographic of readers next year, with the launch of Yellow Dog, an imprint dedicated to middle-grade fiction. Managing editor Catharina de Bakker says Great Plains ... Read More »

October 5, 2017

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Daily Deals: D&M to publish Peter Nowak’s book on real-life superheroes

Book Links: HarperCollins to publish Cher memoir; Hachette shutters Weinstein Books imprint

Yasuko Thanh and Margriet Ruurs named Victoria Book Prize recipients

Carleigh Baker wins 2017 Vancouver Book Award

Book Links: Weinstein Books to continue publishing; new 50 Shades book coming in November

Daily Deals: Kids Can to publish book by Rona Ambrose; foreign deals by Cooke International

Drawn & Quarterly opens second bookstore, this time for kids

Personnel Change: Arsenal Pulp Press

Wattpad partners with eOne to develop fiction into TV and film

Great Plains Publications launches middle-grade imprint

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