by Cassandra Drudi

Rights Deals: Canisia Lubrin

McClelland & Stewart’s Stephanie Sinclair has acquired world rights to Canisia Lubrin’s The Wail and The World After Rain. The poetry collections are slated for publication in fall 2025 and fall 2026, respectively. The deal ... Read More »

February 29, 2024

Kevin Hanson out at Simon & Schuster Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Kevin Hanson, president and publisher of Simon & Schuster Canada, has left the publisher. Jonathan Karp, president and CEO of Simon & Schuster, announced the news in an email to staff on February 28. Karp ... Read More »

February 29, 2024

Bruce Westwood retiring from Westwood Creative Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Bruce Westwood is retiring from the eponymous literary agency he founded. Westwood worked as a venture capitalist until, inspired by his proximity to books through his role as chair of the Harbourfront Reading Series, he ... Read More »

February 29, 2024

Personnel change: Westwood Creative Artists

By Cassandra Drudi

Jake Babad, who left Westwood Creative Artists in 2016 to attend Osgoode Hall Law School, is re-joining the agency as vice president, finance, and co-head of media rights, as of Monday, March 4. Before returning ... Read More »

February 29, 2024

Federal Court rules against Access Copyright

By Cassandra Drudi

The Federal Court of Canada has ruled against Access Copyright in a decision that the collective says reinforces the urgent need for the government to amend Canada's copyright system. The lawsuit, launched by Ontario school ... Read More »

February 28, 2024

Personnel change: Page Two Books

By Cassandra Drudi

Felicia Quon has joined Page Two Strategies as sales director. Quon is an industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience. She worked most recently as vice president of marketing and communications at Simon ... Read More »

February 28, 2024

Shop Talk: Tap Town 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. Tap Town Books Inc. 2114 ... Read More »

February 28, 2024

Longlist announced for 2023 BMO Winterset Award

By Cassandra Drudi

The Newfoundland and Labrador Art Council has announced a six-book longlist for the 2023 BMO Winterset Award. The $12,500 annual award celebrates excellence in Newfoundland and Labrador writing in any genre. This year, there were ... Read More »

February 28, 2024

Rights Deals: Chase Joynt, Roald Nasgaard and Olivier Asselin + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

Arsenal Pulp Press’s Brian Lam has acquired world rights to award-winning writer and director Chase Joynt’s Vantage Points. The nonfiction book is described as a personal and probing narrative nonfiction work that illuminates the stakes ... Read More »

February 26, 2024

Rights Deals: Cale Plett, Ailsa Ross + two more

By Cassandra Drudi

Groundwood Books’s Karen Li has acquired world rights to Cale Plett’s Wavelength, with Emma Sakamoto to edit. The YA novel is described as the story of Sasha, a nonbinary pop star on the run from ... Read More »

February 22, 2024

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Rights Deals: Canisia Lubrin

Kevin Hanson out at Simon & Schuster Canada

Bruce Westwood retiring from Westwood Creative Agency

Personnel change: Westwood Creative Artists

Federal Court rules against Access Copyright

Personnel change: Page Two Books

Shop Talk: Tap Town Books

Longlist announced for 2023 BMO Winterset Award

Rights Deals: Chase Joynt, Roald Nasgaard and Olivier Asselin + three more

Rights Deals: Cale Plett, Ailsa Ross + two more

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