by Cassandra Drudi

Cundill History Prize finalists announced

Three books dealing with very different periods in history have been selected as finalists for the 2023 Cundill History Prize. The annual $75,000 (U.S.) prize, administered by McGill University, is awarded to a book that ... Read More »

October 16, 2023

Rights Deals: Kate Segriff, Carol Off + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

Riddle Fence Publishing has acquired Edinburgh Short Story Prize winner Kate Segriff’s Animals in Captivity. The debut short story collection will be the first book published by Riddle Fence’s Debuts imprint. Publication is expected for ... Read More »

October 12, 2023

Sheila Heti, Gabor Maté among 2023 Vine Award winners

By Cassandra Drudi

Sheila Heti and Gabor Maté are among the five authors named winners of the 2023 Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature. The annual awards honour Canadian writers who are Jewish or who deal with Jewish ... Read More »

October 12, 2023

2023 Giller Prize shortlist announced

By Cassandra Drudi

Five books – four of them published or distributed by Penguin Random House Canada – have been named to the shortlist for the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Jury members Ian Williams and Sharon Bala announced ... Read More »

October 11, 2023

Rights Deals: Eliza Reid, Natasha Deen + one more

By Cassandra Drudi

Simon & Schuster Canada’s Nita Pronovost and Sourcebooks’s Anna Michels (in a two-book deal) have acquired Canadian English and U.S. English rights, respectively, to First Lady of Iceland Eliza Reid’s Death of a Diplomat. The ... Read More »

October 11, 2023

Wanda Nanibush and Georgiana Uhlyarik win 2023 Toronto Book Award

By Cassandra Drudi

Art Gallery of Ontario curators Wanda Nanibush and Georgiana Uhlyarik have won the 2023 Toronto Book Award for their book Moving the Museum. The pair were named the winners of the annual award that honours ... Read More »

October 11, 2023

Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Former publisher Pieter Swinkels has joined Transatlantic Agency as director of operations and as a literary agent, representing literary fiction and nonfiction authors, as well as corporate publishing clients. Swinkels had previously served as chief ... Read More »

October 10, 2023

Personnel change: Ampersand Inc.

By Cassandra Drudi

Nicole Jaeger joined Ampersand Inc. as account manager for northern and southwestern Ontario as of September 5. She is based ... Read More »

October 10, 2023

Address change: Login Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Login Canada is moving their eastern distribution centre. As of October 16, the eastern distribution centre will be located at: Unit 8 – 570 Matheson Blvd East Mississauga, ON L4Z 4G3 Login’s freight forwarders remain ... Read More »

October 10, 2023

Rights Deals: Tanya Lloyd Kyi, Eden Robinson + 12 more

By Cassandra Drudi

Tundra Books’s Lynne Missen has acquired North American English rights to Tanya Lloyd Kyi’s Emily Posts and The City of Lost Cats. The middle-grade novel Emily Posts is described as following Emily, the producer for ... Read More »

October 5, 2023

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Cundill History Prize finalists announced

Rights Deals: Kate Segriff, Carol Off + three more

Sheila Heti, Gabor Maté among 2023 Vine Award winners

2023 Giller Prize shortlist announced

Rights Deals: Eliza Reid, Natasha Deen + one more

Wanda Nanibush and Georgiana Uhlyarik win 2023 Toronto Book Award

Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

Personnel change: Ampersand Inc.

Rights Deals: Tanya Lloyd Kyi, Eden Robinson + 12 more

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