by Cassandra Drudi

Book Publishers’ Association of Alberta launches accessible eBook collection

A new online resource is bringing more than 800 accessible ebooks from Alberta to readers. Accessible Alberta: eBooks for Everyone, launched this week by the Book Publishers' Association of Alberta (BPAA), is touted as the ... Read More »

March 27, 2024

Naomi Klein shortlisted for Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction

By Cassandra Drudi

Naomi Klein has been shortlisted for the inaugural Women’s Prize for Non-fiction. The £30,000 ($50,900 CAD) award was established by the Women’s Prize Trust in 2023 to honour exceptional nonfiction written by women. Books written ... Read More »

March 27, 2024

Nicole Winstanley named president and publisher of S&S Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Simon & Schuster Canada has a new president and publisher. Nicole Winstanley will report to Simon & Schuster President & CEO Jonathan Karp, and she will also serve on S&S’s executive committee. Her first day ... Read More »

March 27, 2024

Shop Talk: Raven’s End Books

By Cassandra Drudi

Shop Talk is an occasional feature in which fledgling independent booksellers take Q&Q into their stores and share their reasons for opening and what business has been like so far. Raven's End Books: The Horror ... Read More »

March 27, 2024

Emma Donoghue, Suzette Mayr shortlisted for Dublin Literary Award

By Cassandra Drudi

Canadian novelists Emma Donoghue and Suzette Mayr have been shortlisted for the 2024 Dublin Literary Award. The annual award celebrates excellence in world literature, and the winner receives a €100,000 prize ($147,000 CAD). Books are ... Read More »

March 26, 2024

Rights Deals: Paul Seesequasis

By Cassandra Drudi

Figure 1 Publishing associate publisher and vice president Steve Cameron has acquired world rights to Paul Seesequasis’s People of the Watershed: Photographs by John Macfie. The nonfiction book is described as accompanying a forthcoming exhibit ... Read More »

March 25, 2024

Personnel change: Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Sarah St. Pierre has joined Random House Canada as senior editor. St. Pierre was previously editorial director at Simon & Schuster Canada where her publishing list included Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Beverley ... Read More »

March 25, 2024

Address change: Annick Press

By Cassandra Drudi

As of April 2, Annick Press can be reached at ... Read More »

March 21, 2024

Rights Deals: Zeina Sleiman and Wanda Baxter + one more

By Cassandra Drudi

Fernwood Publishing acquisitions and development editor Fazeela Jiwa has acquired world rights to Zeina Sleiman’s Where the Jasmine Blooms. The political historical novel is described as following cousins Yasmine and Reem throughout the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war as they ... Read More »

March 21, 2024