by Cassandra Drudi

Personnel changes: Harbour Publishing and Douglas & McIntyre

Marisa Alps, director of marketing at Harbour Publishing and Douglas & McIntyre, left the company on December 31, 2021, after 28 years to pursue other endeavours. With the departure of Alps a number of staff ... Read More »

January 3, 2022

Rights Deals: Vivek Shraya, Rebecca Sheir + seven more

By Cassandra Drudi

Owlkids’s publisher Karen Boersma has acquired world rights to Vivek Shraya’s Revenge of the Raccoons. The picture book, to be illustrated by Juliana Neufeld, is described as a tongue-in-cheeky “tail” – inspired by events in ... Read More »

December 16, 2021

2021 in memoriam: those we lost

By Cassandra Drudi

They were authors and activists, poets, editors, publishers, and members of the publishing community. Over the course of this past year, the world of Canadian letters has lost a number of notable individuals. As the ... Read More »

December 15, 2021

Personnel change: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Geffen Semach has permanently joined Penguin Random House Canada in the role ... Read More »

December 15, 2021

Stephen R. Bown and Mark Carney share 2021 National Business Book Award

By Cassandra Drudi

For the first time in the 36-year history of the National Business Book Award, two books have been named winners of the $30,000 award. Stephen R. Bown won for his book The Company: The Rise ... Read More »

December 15, 2021

Distribution change: Baker & Taylor Publisher Services

By Cassandra Drudi

Baker & Taylor Publisher Services has signed the following sales and distribution agreements, with Canadian sales representation provided by Ampersand Inc.: worldwide sales and distribution for Little Feminist, effective immediately worldwide sales and distribution for ... Read More »

December 15, 2021

Personnel change: Kids Can Press

By Cassandra Drudi

Monique Thompson has joined Kids Can Press as an editorial assistant as of November 22, 2021. Thompson is a recent graduate of ... Read More »

December 15, 2021

Greystone’s second-ever publisher, Jen Gauthier, on press’s future

By Cassandra Drudi

The future of Greystone Books is an evolution rather than a revolution. Jen Gauthier, the new publisher at the independent Vancouver publishing house, plans to continue Greystone’s focus on nonfiction, as well as the translation and ... Read More »

December 15, 2021

Rights Deal: Wes Hall

By Cassandra Drudi

Random House Canada’s executive editor and vice president Anne Collins and publisher Sue Kuruvilla have acquired Canadian rights to Wes Hall’s No Bootstraps When You’re Barefoot. The memoir is described as a story of drive, ... Read More »

December 13, 2021

New Writers’ Trust project to boost publicity for books by BIPOC authors

By Cassandra Drudi

The Writers’s Trust of Canada is launching a new program to help publicize books published during the pandemic by authors who identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of colour. Amplified Voices will promote 25 books ... Read More »

December 13, 2021

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Personnel changes: Harbour Publishing and Douglas & McIntyre

Rights Deals: Vivek Shraya, Rebecca Sheir + seven more

2021 in memoriam: those we lost

Personnel change: Penguin Random House Canada

Stephen R. Bown and Mark Carney share 2021 National Business Book Award

Distribution change: Baker & Taylor Publisher Services

Personnel change: Kids Can Press

Greystone’s second-ever publisher, Jen Gauthier, on press’s future

Rights Deal: Wes Hall

New Writers’ Trust project to boost publicity for books by BIPOC authors

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