by Cassandra Drudi

Canadian novelist Sarah Bernstein shortlisted for 2023 Booker Prize

Canadian author Sarah Bernstein's second novel has been shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize. Bernstein's Study for Obedience (Knopf Canada) is one of six books shortlisted for this year's £50,000 (approximately $86,000) prize. Bernstein's novel ... Read More »

September 21, 2023

Personnel changes: Westwood Creative Artists

By Cassandra Drudi

At Westwood Creative Artists, Bridgette Kam has been named associate agent, continuing in her support role and building a list ... Read More »

September 21, 2023

Alison Li

By Cassandra Drudi

Alison Li on her biography of transgender medical pioneer Harry Benjamin

September 20, 2023

Rights Deal: Shelley Wood

By Cassandra Drudi

HarperCollins Canada’s Iris Tupholme has acquired Canadian English rights in a pre-empt and Union Square Press’s Claire Wachtel has acquired world English rights, excluding Canada, to bestselling author Shelley Wood’s The Leap Year Gene. The ... Read More »

September 18, 2023

Wayne Johnston wins 2023 Stephen Leacock Medal

By Cassandra Drudi

Newfoundland writer Wayne Johnston has been named the winner of the 2023 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. Johnston was named the winner of this year's prize for his memoir, Jennie's Boy: A Newfoundland Childhood (Knopf ... Read More »

September 18, 2023

Heather Reisman back in CEO role at Indigo

By Cassandra Drudi

Just over a week after Indigo Books & Music announced that CEO Peter Ruis was stepping down from his role at the retailer, the company announced on September 18 that founder and longtime CEO Heather ... Read More »

September 18, 2023

Jael Richardson named winner of inaugural PACLA award

By Cassandra Drudi

Author and literary festival director Jael Richardson has been named the winner of the Professional Association of Canadian Literary Agents's (PACLA) inaugural Publishing Professional of the Year Award for her work developing the FOLD literary ... Read More »

September 14, 2023

ReLit Awards cancelled after current year

By Cassandra Drudi

The ReLit Awards are going on hiatus. Katherine Alexandra Harvey, the executive director of the ReLit Literary Group, announced on September 12 that although the 2023 ReLit Awards will go ahead as planned, the prize ... Read More »

September 14, 2023

Rights Deals: Paul Harrietha and Ras Barrington Francis, Lorna Poplak + 14 more

By Cassandra Drudi

Dundurn Press president and publisher Kwame Scott Fraser has acquired world rights to Paul Harrietha and Ras Barrington Francis’s Tiga’s Tale: The Remarkable Life of Champion Boxer Barrington Francis. The nonfiction book is described as ... Read More »

September 14, 2023

Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Eva Oakes has been hired as editorial & agent assistant to Samantha Haywood, president & literary agent at the Transatlantic Agency. Oakes began her work for Haywood at the Transatlantic Agency in 2022 as a ... Read More »

September 14, 2023

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Canadian novelist Sarah Bernstein shortlisted for 2023 Booker Prize

Personnel changes: Westwood Creative Artists

Alison Li

Rights Deal: Shelley Wood

Wayne Johnston wins 2023 Stephen Leacock Medal

Heather Reisman back in CEO role at Indigo

Jael Richardson named winner of inaugural PACLA award

ReLit Awards cancelled after current year

Rights Deals: Paul Harrietha and Ras Barrington Francis, Lorna Poplak + 14 more

Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

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