by Cassandra Drudi

Rights Deals: Eleanor Catton, Thomas Trofimuk + seven more

McClelland & Stewart has acquired Canadian rights to Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood. The novel is described as a psychological thriller that is an unflinching examination of the human impulse to ensure our own survival. Publication ... Read More »

May 26, 2022

Gladstone Press closing operations

By Cassandra Drudi

Micro-press Gladstone Press, which began publishing in 2018, will be leaving University of Toronto Press Distribution and ceasing operations. Orders will not be accepted after June 1. Retailers can return unsold copies of Gladstone Press ... Read More »

May 26, 2022

University of Toronto Press VP Lynn Fisher retiring

By Cassandra Drudi

Lynn Fisher, vice president of book publishing at University of Toronto Press has announced her retirement, effective June 3, the press announced Wednesday. Fisher has worked in publishing for 35 years, and took the helm ... Read More »

May 25, 2022

Rights Deals: Stephanie Kain, Hannah McGregor + three more

By Cassandra Drudi

ECW Press's Pia Singhal has acquired world English rights to Stephanie Kain’s Lifeline. The memoir is described as an experimental look at a very specific relationship in one person’s life that comes to a tragic ... Read More »

May 24, 2022

Riddle Fence magazine launches imprint for debut authors

By Cassandra Drudi

Literary journal Riddle Fence has launched a new book imprint that will focus on publishing debut works. St. John's-based Riddle Fence Debuts is now accepting submissions of poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, and visual art until ... Read More »

May 24, 2022

Two Between the Lines titles win Leo Panitch Book Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Two books from Between the Lines have been jointly awarded the Leo Panitch Book Prize, which honours the best Canadian book on work and labour studies published in the previous year. The prize has been ... Read More »

May 24, 2022

Personnel change: Penguin Random House Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Ann Jansen, director of audiobook production at Penguin Random House Canada, has decided to leave the company to pursue other ventures. Jansen joined Penguin Random House Canada from the CBC in 2017 to build its audiobook ... Read More »

May 24, 2022

Rights Deals: Bee Quammie

By Cassandra Drudi

Penguin Canada’s Laura Dosky has acquired world rights in a two-book deal to writer, radio host, and public speaker Bee Quammie’s The Book of Possibilities: Words of Wisdom on the Road to Becoming. The nonfiction ... Read More »

May 19, 2022

Harnessing the power of images to tell the real story of heroin use in Canada

By Cassandra Drudi

Scholar and activist Susan Boyd became deeply interested in the history of heroin while researching her book Busted: An Illustrated History of Drug Prohibition in Canada (Fernwood Publishing, 2017). Boyd, a distinguished professor of human ... Read More »

May 18, 2022

Joanna Chiu wins 2022 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

By Cassandra Drudi

Toronto Star journalist Joanna Chiu has won the Writers' Trust of Canada 2022 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Chiu was awarded the $25,000 prize for her book, China Unbound: A New World Disorder (House ... Read More »

May 18, 2022

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Rights Deals: Eleanor Catton, Thomas Trofimuk + seven more

Gladstone Press closing operations

University of Toronto Press VP Lynn Fisher retiring

Rights Deals: Stephanie Kain, Hannah McGregor + three more

Riddle Fence magazine launches imprint for debut authors

Two Between the Lines titles win Leo Panitch Book Prize

Personnel change: Penguin Random House Canada

Rights Deals: Bee Quammie

Harnessing the power of images to tell the real story of heroin use in Canada

Joanna Chiu wins 2022 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

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