by Cassandra Drudi

Slam Coalkan poetry anthology celebrates work of Indigenous slam poets

To bring together and showcase Indigenous slam poetry from across Turtle Island and Abya Yala, and to continue to foster cross-continental communication and collaboration, the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) and the Festival of ... Read More »

June 15, 2022

Rights Deals: George Canyon, Michelle Hébert + six more

By Cassandra Drudi

Simon & Schuster Canada senior editor Sarah St. Pierre has acquired platinum award-winning country musician George Canyon’s My Country. The memoir is described as the story of Canyon's musical journey from small-town Nova Scotia to ... Read More »

June 15, 2022

Britt Wray

By Cassandra Drudi

In Generation Dread, Britt Wray encourages those experiencing eco-anxiety to turn their feelings into action

June 15, 2022

Agony Editor: Ideas come to those who wait — and read

By Cassandra Drudi

Dear Agony Editor, I’m a mid-career author currently between books. For the first time in my career, I have no ideas. Zilch. Usually, even when I’m working on a book, I have two or three ... Read More »

June 15, 2022

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

On the Penguin Random House Canada marketing team, Paige Gunning has been promoted to manager, consumer engagement, and Colin Jaworski has been promoted to manager, marketing design. Megan MacKenzie joins in the newly created role of junior marketing designer, and Hailey LeBlanc, currently interning with the ... Read More »

June 13, 2022

2022 Atlantic Book Awards winners announced

By Cassandra Drudi

The winners of the Atlantic Book Awards were announced at a gala in Halifax on June 9 as part of the Atlantic Book Awards Festival. For the first time, the awards were also live-streamed so ... Read More »

June 9, 2022

Rights Deals: Randi Druzin, Kevin and Basil Sylvester + eight more

By Cassandra Drudi

Greystone Books has acquired world rights to Randi Druzin’s Square the Puck. The nonfiction book is described as a follow-up to the bestseller Between the Pipes. Publication is expected for fall 2023. The deal was ... Read More »

June 9, 2022

Black women writers celebrate Toni Morrison’s legacy in two-night Luminato event

By Cassandra Drudi

When Nobel Prize-winning American author Toni Morrison died in August 2019, Toronto-based journalist and critic Donna Bailey Nurse felt the loss keenly. Bailey Nurse expected to be sad – Morrison "had meant so much to ... Read More »

June 8, 2022

Personnel change: House of Anansi Press

By Cassandra Drudi

Kirsten Parucha has joined House of Anansi Press as rights ... Read More »

June 8, 2022

Rights Deal: Leslie Gentile

By Cassandra Drudi

DCB’s Barry Jowett has acquired world rights, including audio and film, to Leslie Gentile’s Shamus the Urban Rez Dog. The middle-grade novel is described as following Shamus, a dog from the rez who now lives ... Read More »

June 6, 2022

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Slam Coalkan poetry anthology celebrates work of Indigenous slam poets

Rights Deals: George Canyon, Michelle Hébert + six more

Britt Wray

Agony Editor: Ideas come to those who wait — and read

Personnel changes: Penguin Random House Canada

2022 Atlantic Book Awards winners announced

Rights Deals: Randi Druzin, Kevin and Basil Sylvester + eight more

Black women writers celebrate Toni Morrison’s legacy in two-night Luminato event

Personnel change: House of Anansi Press

Rights Deal: Leslie Gentile

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