by Cassandra Drudi

London Book Fair announces new international Sustainability Initiative Award

Submissions are open for the 2023 International Excellence Awards, awarded annually at the London Book Fair in the U.K. This year, submissions are being welcomed for a new prize, the Sustainability Initiative Award. The award ... Read More »

November 7, 2022

American author Jonathan Howland wins 2022 Banff Mountain Book Competition Grand Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Jonathan Howland's debut novel Native Air has been named the grand prize winner of the 2022 Banff Mountain Book Competition. Howland's book, published by Green Writers Press, about a man who is called back to ... Read More »

November 7, 2022

Agony Editor: It’s best to swap honesty for kindness with novelist friend

By Cassandra Drudi

Dear Agony Editor, I’m not a writer, but I’m an avid reader. A good friend of mine has recently published his first novel. I read an excerpt online and already know I’m not going to ... Read More »

November 7, 2022

Rights Deals: M.G. Vassanji, Terence Young + 12 more

By Cassandra Drudi

Doubleday Canada’s Amy Black and Kiara Kent have acquired North American English rights to M.G. Vassanji’s Nowhere, Exactly. The nonfiction book is described as an essay collection that explores themes of belonging and identity in ... Read More »

November 3, 2022

Personnel changes: Canadian Manda Group

By Cassandra Drudi

At Canadian Manda Group, David Farag expands his territory, taking on sales responsibility for independent retailers in southwestern Ontario. Paulina Dabrowski joins the team in the role of account manager, online retail. Catherine Phillips also joins as account manager, ... Read More »

November 3, 2022

Personnel changes: Wattpad WEBTOON Studios

By Cassandra Drudi

Wattpad WEBTOON Studios has made a number of recent additions to their marketing and publicity team with the 2022 expansion of their North American publishing program. Reporting to the VP of Marketing Tina McIntyre are Alicia Insanally (promoted ... Read More »

November 3, 2022

Nicholas Herring, Dan Werb, francesca ekwuyasi among Writers’ Trust award winners

By Cassandra Drudi

Seven authors were honoured at the Writers' Trust gala, as the organization announced the winners of this year's literary awards in Toronto on Wednesday night. Debut novelist Nicholas Herring took home the $60,000 Atwood Gibson Writers' ... Read More »

November 2, 2022

Kate Edwards to step down from ACP

By Cassandra Drudi

After 15 years with the Association of Canadian Publishers, Kate Edwards is stepping down as the organization's executive director at the end of March 2023. "[She] has contributed immeasurably to the success of our industry ... Read More »

November 2, 2022

Personnel change: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

At Penguin Random House Canada, Kyrell Grant has joined the sales team as district ... Read More »

November 2, 2022

Rights Deals: Will Ferguson and Ian Ferguson + eight more

By Cassandra Drudi

HarperCollins Canada editor-in-chief Jennifer Lambert has acquired world rights to Will Ferguson and Ian Ferguson’s I Only Read Murder. The cozy mystery is the first in a series and introduces Miranda Abbott, a former TV ... Read More »

October 31, 2022

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London Book Fair announces new international Sustainability Initiative Award

American author Jonathan Howland wins 2022 Banff Mountain Book Competition Grand Prize

Agony Editor: It’s best to swap honesty for kindness with novelist friend

Rights Deals: M.G. Vassanji, Terence Young + 12 more

Personnel changes: Canadian Manda Group

Personnel changes: Wattpad WEBTOON Studios

Nicholas Herring, Dan Werb, francesca ekwuyasi among Writers’ Trust award winners

Kate Edwards to step down from ACP

Personnel change: Penguin Random House Canada

Rights Deals: Will Ferguson and Ian Ferguson + eight more

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