by Cassandra Drudi

Finalists named for $60k Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize

Five finalists have been chosen for the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. The winner of the prize, which was renamed earlier this year in honour of Writers’ Trust co-founders Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson, ... Read More »

September 29, 2021

Rights Deals: Zoe Whittall and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

By Cassandra Drudi

Ballantine’s Andra Miller and HarperCollins Canada’s Iris Tupholme have acquired North American rights to Zoe Whittall’s Wild Failure. The story collection is described as steeped in explorations of femme desire, agency, violence, dislocation, and anxiety, ... Read More »

September 27, 2021

Rights Deals: Geddy Lee, David Suzuki and Tanya Lloyd Kyi + 10 more

By Cassandra Drudi

HarperCollins’s Marta Schooler has acquired world English rights to Geddy Lee’s untitled memoir. The book from the Rush bassist is described as telling the full story of his life on and off the stage, from ... Read More »

September 23, 2021

Ronald J. Deibert wins $25K Writers’ Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Ronald J. Deibert has been named the winner of the Writers’ Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Deibert was awarded the $25,000 prize for Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society (House of Anansi ... Read More »

September 22, 2021

Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Chandler Crawford, an international publishing agent with 39 years of experience, is joining the Transatlantic Agency. Crawford most recently ran her own agency, Chandler Crawford Agency, where she was president. At Transatlantic she will continue ... Read More »

September 22, 2021

Distribution change: Fitzhenry & Whiteside

By Cassandra Drudi

Effective Oct. 1, Thomas Allen & Son will assume the distribution for Fitzhenry & Whiteside. As of that date, all orders for Fitzhenry & Whiteside and associated imprints should be directed to Thomas Allen & ... Read More »

September 20, 2021

Personnel change: Firefly Books

By Cassandra Drudi

Louie Plastina, former CFO of Firefly Books Ltd., ... Read More »

September 17, 2021

Rights Deals: Tracey Lindberg, Tarisai Ngangura + 12 more

By Cassandra Drudi

HarperCollins Canada’s senior editorial director Jennifer Lambert has acquired, in a six-figure deal, Canadian English and French rights to Tracey Lindberg’s as yet unnamed new novel. The novel is described as a follow up to ... Read More »

September 17, 2021

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Kate Burnham has joined Penguin Random House Canada as executive assistant to CEO Kristin Cochrane. Burnham is a freelance editor and MFA student in creative nonfiction at the University of King’s College and takes over the ... Read More »

September 16, 2021

Writers’ Trust announces 2021 Hilary Weston Prize finalists

By Cassandra Drudi

Five finalists for the 2021 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction have been announced. The $60,000 prize is the richest annual literary award for a book of nonfiction by a Canadian writer. The winner ... Read More »

September 15, 2021

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Finalists named for $60k Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize

Rights Deals: Zoe Whittall and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Rights Deals: Geddy Lee, David Suzuki and Tanya Lloyd Kyi + 10 more

Ronald J. Deibert wins $25K Writers’ Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

Distribution change: Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Personnel change: Firefly Books

Rights Deals: Tracey Lindberg, Tarisai Ngangura + 12 more

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

Writers’ Trust announces 2021 Hilary Weston Prize finalists

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