by Cassandra Drudi

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

At Penguin Random House Canada, Beth Lockley has assumed the role of vice president, marketing, handing off leadership of corporate communications to Jared Bland, outgoing publisher of McClelland & Stewart and newly appointed vice president, communications and ... Read More »

July 21, 2022

Rights Deals: Amy Mattes and Sheila James

By Cassandra Drudi

Nightwood Editions’s Silas White has acquired North American English rights to Amy Mattes’s debut literary fiction Late September. The novel is described as an incredibly intimate tale that explores the nuances of love, trauma, and ... Read More »

July 14, 2022

Personnel change: Kids Can Press

By Cassandra Drudi

Emma Hunter has joined Kids Can Press as digital marketing associate as of July 11, and reports to sales and marketing ... Read More »

July 14, 2022

Personnel changes: CookeMcDermid

By Cassandra Drudi

CookeMcDermid contracts administrator Stephanie Anderson has been promoted to contracts manager, reporting to Suzanne Brandreth. Rights associate Carolyn Buszynski takes on the role of senior rights associate, now reporting to Hana El Niwairi who has ... Read More »

July 14, 2022

Seth’s summer: French knighthood and chamber novella on vinyl

By Cassandra Drudi

Last month, Canadian cartoonist Seth was inducted as a chevalier in the French Republic’s Ordre des arts et des lettres. When France’s Consul General in Toronto, Tudor Alexis, presented the knighthood at a June ceremony ... Read More »

July 13, 2022

Agony Editor: Don’t sign on the dotted line – yet

By Cassandra Drudi

Dear Agony Editor, I recently got an offer for my first book. The publisher seems great, but I’d feel better having the contract reviewed by someone knowledgeable, someone who could provide me with an opinion. ... Read More »

July 13, 2022

Personnel change: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

At Penguin Random House Canada, Kwangu Mashumba joins the finance team as controller. He succeeds ... Read More »

July 13, 2022

Rights Deals: Saad T. Farooqi, Jessica Westhead + six more

By Cassandra Drudi

Cormorant Books publisher Marc Côté has acquired world English and French rights to Saad T. Farooqi’s White World. The debut novel is described as a ride into redemption through violence in which heartbroken Avaan searches for ... Read More »

July 11, 2022

Distribution change: Laberinto Press

By Cassandra Drudi

Edmonton-based Laberinto Press has signed a distribution deal ... Read More »

July 11, 2022

Rights Deals: Marie-Renée Lavoie, Michael Melgaard + five more

By Cassandra Drudi

Yellow Dog’s Catharina de Bakker has acquired North American English rights to Marie-Renée Lavoie’s Curiosity Killed the Cat. The middle-grade book is described as the hilarious story of Lil Kitty, a cat found in the ... Read More »

June 30, 2022

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Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

Rights Deals: Amy Mattes and Sheila James

Personnel change: Kids Can Press

Personnel changes: CookeMcDermid

Seth’s summer: French knighthood and chamber novella on vinyl

Agony Editor: Don’t sign on the dotted line – yet

Personnel change: Penguin Random House Canada

Rights Deals: Saad T. Farooqi, Jessica Westhead + six more

Distribution change: Laberinto Press

Rights Deals: Marie-Renée Lavoie, Michael Melgaard + five more

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