by Cassandra Drudi

Chimwemwe Undi named new Winnipeg poet laureate

Poet, performer, and editor Chimwemwe Undi has been named the next poet laureate of Winnipeg. Undi will take over from current poet laureate Duncan Mercredi and serve as the city's poet laureate for 2023 and ... Read More »

December 5, 2022

Tiya Miles wins 2022 Cundill History Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Harvard history professor Tiya Miles has won the 2022 $75,000 (U.S.) Cundill History Prize for her book All That She Carried. This is not the first accolade for the book, published by Random House, which ... Read More »

December 1, 2022

Rights Deals: Miriam Edelson, Lily Wang + eight more

By Cassandra Drudi

University of Manitoba Press’s Jill McConkey has acquired Canadian rights to Deep Roots, New Threats: Confronting the Rising Right, edited by Miriam Edelson. The nonfiction book is described as a collection of articles and essays ... Read More »

December 1, 2022

Personnel change: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Anya Oberdorf (she/her) has rejoined Penguin Random House Canada as business manager, reporting to Barry Gallant. Oberdorf was previously a title ... Read More »

December 1, 2022

Personnel changes: House of Anansi Press

By Cassandra Drudi

House of Anansi Press is delighted to announce that Carol Buenafé has joined ... Read More »

December 1, 2022

Shop Talk: Betty’s Bookshelf

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. Betty’s Bookshelf 6 Water Street ... Read More »

November 30, 2022

Rights Deals: Susan Currie and Bex Glendining, Caroline Fernandez and Dharmali Patel + two more

By Cassandra Drudi

Common Deer Press’s Kirsten Marion has acquired world rights to Susan Currie and Bex Glendining’s Iz The Apocalypse. The YA novel is described as the story of 14-year-old foster kid Iz Beaufort who fakes her ... Read More »

November 30, 2022

Personnel changes: Transatlantic Agency

By Cassandra Drudi

Marilyn Biderman, a senior literary agent at Transatlantic Agency, has been promoted to partner. Biderman also chairs the agency's professional development committee. Ed Maxwell has joined Transatlantic as literary agent on the U.S. team. Maxwell ... Read More »

November 30, 2022

John Lorinc wins $60,000 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy

By Cassandra Drudi

John Lorinc was named the winner of the 2022 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy at a private dinner in Toronto on November 29. Lorinc won the $60,000 prize for his book Dream States: Smart Cities, ... Read More »

November 29, 2022

Ben McNally Books opens in permanent home

By Cassandra Drudi

Toronto indie bookseller Ben McNally Books has opened in their new permanent home, the bookstore announced on Twitter. The store has had several temporary homes since learning in 2019 that they would have to move ... Read More »

November 28, 2022

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Chimwemwe Undi named new Winnipeg poet laureate

Tiya Miles wins 2022 Cundill History Prize

Rights Deals: Miriam Edelson, Lily Wang + eight more

Personnel change: Penguin Random House Canada

Personnel changes: House of Anansi Press

Shop Talk: Betty’s Bookshelf

Rights Deals: Susan Currie and Bex Glendining, Caroline Fernandez and Dharmali Patel + two more

Personnel changes: Transatlantic Agency

John Lorinc wins $60,000 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy

Ben McNally Books opens in permanent home

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