by Cassandra Drudi

Rights Deal: Sima Samar

Random House Canada’s Pamela Murray has acquired North American rights to Sima Samar’s Outspoken: My Fight for Freedom and Human Rights in Afghanistan, to be written with renowned journalist Sally Armstrong. The nonfiction book is described ... Read More »

December 14, 2023

Personnel change: Greystone Books

By Cassandra Drudi

Rachel Rose has joined Greystone Books as editorial consultant. Rose, an award-winning writer and co-director of Vancouver Manuscript Intensive, ... Read More »

December 14, 2023

Distribution change: Eye of Newt Books

By Cassandra Drudi

Effective January 1, 2024, Eye of Newt Books will be distributed by Iguttaq Distribution. Eye of Newt ... Read More »

December 14, 2023

2023 in memoriam: those we lost

By Cassandra Drudi

They were publishers, founders, booksellers, authors, and editors. Over the course of 2023, the world of Canadian letters lost a number of notable people. As the year draws to a close, Q&Q looks back at ... Read More »

December 13, 2023

Canada’s book community shares their favourite titles of 2023

By Cassandra Drudi

For the third year in a row, the Q&Q team reached out to our reviewers, as well as booksellers and people in the publishing industry across the country to find out which titles from 2023 ... Read More »

December 13, 2023

15 books on 2024 Canada Reads longlist

By Cassandra Drudi

The 15-title longlist for next year's CBC Canada Reads competition has been announced. The 2024 edition of the annual battle of the books is looking for “one book to carry us forward,” and the longlist ... Read More »

December 13, 2023

Rights Deals: Bob McDonald, Corinna Chong + one more

By Cassandra Drudi

Douglas & McIntyre has acquired world English rights to Bob McDonald’s Just Say Yes. The nonfiction book is described as a memoir by the host of CBC’s Quirks & Quarks and former science correspondent for CBC’s The National that ... Read More »

December 7, 2023

Goose Lane launches new poetry prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Goose Lane Editions, along with the board of imprint icehouse poetry, are launching a new poetry prize in honour of Trinidadian Canadian poet Claire Harris. The biennial Claire Harris Poetry Prize is open to Canadian ... Read More »

December 7, 2023

Book biz optimistic about Mastermind sale

By Cassandra Drudi

Less than two weeks after specialty retailer Mastermind Toys announced it had obtained creditor protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA), a Canadian company announced it will be acquiring the beleaguered toy retailer. On ... Read More »

December 6, 2023