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Rights Deals: Minelle Mahtani, Matthew R. Morris, and Hal Niedzviecki

Doubleday Canada’s Melanie Tutino has acquired in a pre-empt Canadian English rights to Minelle Mahtani’s Biting Our Tongues. The memoir is described as a meditation on the death of Mahtani’s Iranian Muslim mother Farideh to ... Read More »

May 31, 2021

Rights Deals: Susan Juby, Derrick Chow + 11 more

By Cassandra Drudi

HarperCollins Canada's Iris Tupholme has acquired Canadian rights to Stephen Leacock Medal-winner Susan Juby's Mindful of Murder. The novel is described as a comedic murder mystery that features high-end domestic service, unusual spiritual pursuits, the ... Read More »

May 27, 2021

Will Ferguson, Katrina Onstad among Crime Writers of Canada award winners

By Cassandra Drudi

The Crime Writers of Canada have announced the winners of their Awards of Excellence in Crime Writing. The annual awards, formerly known as the Arthur Ellis Awards, recognize excellence in Canadian crime nonfiction and mystery, ... Read More »

May 27, 2021

New indie cookbook press Good Egg Books launches to international acclaim

By Cassandra Drudi

A new Toronto-based small press is bringing small, inexpensive, and functional cookbooks to home chefs. Good Egg Books is the brainchild of bookseller cum publisher Mika Bareket, who ran a food and kitchen store called ... Read More »

May 27, 2021

HarperCollins Canada to publish new Emma Donoghue novel

By Cassandra Drudi

Award-winning author Emma Donoghue has a new book coming out next summer. HarperCollins Canada's senior vice president and executive publisher Iris Tupholme has acquired Canadian rights to Haven. Little, Brown and Picador have acquired U.S. ... Read More »

May 26, 2021

Personnel change: Arsenal Pulp Press

By Cassandra Drudi

Catharine Chen is the new in-house editor at Arsenal Pulp Press, effective May 25. Chen, a graduate of the University of British Columbia's MFA program in creative writing, is an editor, dramaturge, and writer, whose ... Read More »

May 25, 2021

Personnel change: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Leah Persaud will join the sales team as group sales coordinator. She has been with the company since August 2019 as executive ... Read More »

May 25, 2021

Personnel changes: Kids Can Press

By Cassandra Drudi

Yasemin Uçar has been promoted to the newly created role of editorial development director and will play a key role in scouting and developing new talent, particularly those with series, franchise, and page-to-screen potential. She ... Read More »

May 25, 2021

Rights Deals: Vivek Shraya, Kim Fu, and five more

By Cassandra Drudi

McClelland & Stewart’s Anita Chong has acquired Canadian English rights to Vivek Shraya’s The Hystericals. The novel is described as speculative fiction set in a dystopian society where, faced with terrible oppression, women begin to ... Read More »

May 20, 2021

Canadians read more broadly in 2020, BookNet reports

By Cassandra Drudi

Despite having an increase in leisure time in 2020 compared to the previous year, Canadians didn't read more frequently in 2020, according to BookNet's Canadian Leisure and Reading Study 2020. Canadians read more broadly across ... Read More »

May 20, 2021

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Rights Deals: Minelle Mahtani, Matthew R. Morris, and Hal Niedzviecki

Rights Deals: Susan Juby, Derrick Chow + 11 more

Will Ferguson, Katrina Onstad among Crime Writers of Canada award winners

New indie cookbook press Good Egg Books launches to international acclaim

HarperCollins Canada to publish new Emma Donoghue novel

Personnel change: Arsenal Pulp Press

Personnel change: Penguin Random House Canada

Personnel changes: Kids Can Press

Rights Deals: Vivek Shraya, Kim Fu, and five more

Canadians read more broadly in 2020, BookNet reports

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