by Cassandra Drudi

Rights Deals: Jes Battis, Shelley Thompson + eight more

ECW Press’s Jen Knoch and Jen Albert have acquired North American and Philippines rights to Jes Battis’s The Winter Knight. The fantasy novel is described as the story of an autistic college student who is ... Read More »

November 24, 2022

Paramount calls off deal to sell Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House

By Cassandra Drudi

Simon & Schuster owner Paramount Global has called off the deal to sell the publisher to competitor Penguin Random House. The deal to sell Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House (part of global publishing ... Read More »

November 23, 2022

Personnel change: Westwood Creative Artists

By Cassandra Drudi

Editor and journalist Sara Harowitz joins Westwood Creative Artists as literary agent. Based in Vancouver, ... Read More »

November 23, 2022

Aimée Craft, Sandra Laronde among 2021 Order of Ontario appointees

By Cassandra Drudi

Authors Aimée Craft and Sandra Laronde are among the 2021 appointees to the Order of Ontario. Craft and Laronde were two of 24 Ontarians officially invested into the order at a ceremony in Toronto on ... Read More »

November 23, 2022

Rights Deals: Lindsay Gloade-Raining Bird, Sara Mang + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

Nimbus Publishing managing editor Whitney Moran has acquired, in an exclusive submission, world rights to Cree journalist and podcast host Lindsay Gloade-Raining Bird’s Snow Day. The debut picture book is described as a heart-warming rhyming ... Read More »

November 21, 2022

Sarah Polley wins $10K Toronto Book Award

By Cassandra Drudi

Toronto writer and director Sarah Polley has won the 2022 Toronto Book Award for Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory. Polley's book, an essay collection that explores difficult stories from her ... Read More »

November 21, 2022

TouchWood Editions announces new publisher

By Cassandra Drudi

Victoria-based TouchWood Editions has promoted long-time team member Tori Elliott to publisher, effective immediately. Elliott joined TouchWood Editions in 2014 as a publicity intern and has since held the roles of marketing and publicity coordinator ... Read More »

November 21, 2022

Personnel changes: Rocky Mountain Books

By Cassandra Drudi

Rocky Mountain Books has promoted Grace Gorman (Victoria, B.C.) to rights and social media manager. Gorman will oversee foreign and subsidiary rights, along with all social media and digital promotion for the company. As well, RMB is pleased ... Read More »

November 21, 2022

Rights Deals: Michael Harris, Annahid Dashtgard + 13 more

By Cassandra Drudi

Greystone Books has acquired world rights—all languages to Michael Harris’s Farley and Claire. The nonfiction book is described as the story of the couple’s tumultuous, enduring love story, based on fully original research — including ... Read More »

November 17, 2022

Billion-Dollar Startup wins 2022 National Business Book Award

By Cassandra Drudi

A book about the launch of cannabis company HEXO has been named the winner of this year's National Business Book Awards. Billion Dollar Start-up: The True Story of How a Couple of 29-Year-Olds Turned $35,000 ... Read More »

November 16, 2022

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Rights Deals: Jes Battis, Shelley Thompson + eight more

Paramount calls off deal to sell Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House

Personnel change: Westwood Creative Artists

Aimée Craft, Sandra Laronde among 2021 Order of Ontario appointees

Rights Deals: Lindsay Gloade-Raining Bird, Sara Mang + three more

Sarah Polley wins $10K Toronto Book Award

TouchWood Editions announces new publisher

Personnel changes: Rocky Mountain Books

Rights Deals: Michael Harris, Annahid Dashtgard + 13 more

Billion-Dollar Startup wins 2022 National Business Book Award

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