Back in July of 2021, I was looking at the Toronto Star’s Canadian bestseller list, noting the fine books that were on it, when a title I didn’t recognize caught my eye. While it’s an ... Read More »
March 23, 2022
Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg writer, musician, and artist Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is one of six authors shortlisted for the 2022 Dublin Literary Award. Simpson was one of eight Canadian authors included on the award's 79-title longlist, ... Read More »
March 22, 2022
Second Story Press’s Jordan Ryder has acquired world rights to Hajer Nakua and Farah Qaiser’s Khadija and the Elephant Toothpaste Experiment. The picture book is described as the story of Khadija who is inspired by ... Read More »
March 21, 2022
Figure 1 Publishing publisher Chris Labonté has acquired world rights to Carolyn Stern’s The Emotionally Strong Leader: An Inside-Out Journey to Transformational Leadership. The nonfiction title is described as a business book informed by decades ... Read More »
March 17, 2022
The Bologna Children's Book Fair is going ahead in person next week after being cancelled for two years in a row over COVID-19 concerns – and the three Canadian publishers shortlisted for its best publisher ... Read More »
March 16, 2022
The Writers’ Trust of Canada has announced three mentees for this year’s mentorship program. The program pairs unpublished authors with established authors in three categories: fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry. The mentors support the mentees ... Read More »
March 16, 2022
Dundurn Press’s Scott Fraser has acquired world rights to Charlotte Schwartz’s Your Place or Mine? The nonfiction book is described as a detailed resource for separating parents that will help them navigate the legal system, ... Read More »
March 14, 2022
An experiential art exhibit opening this month in Toronto brings books, those physical instruments for transportive imagination, into the virtual reality landscape. The Library at Night opens March 10 and takes visitors on a tour ... Read More »
March 10, 2022
Nimbus Publishing non-fiction editor Angela Mombourquette has acquired world rights to Scott Clarke’s Oak Island Odyssey: A Masonic Quest. The nonfiction book is described as a narrative exploration of the ties between Freemasonry in North ... Read More »
March 10, 2022
House of Anansi Press has announced that Leigh Nash will join as publisher next month. Nash, who is currently the publisher at Invisible Publishing and teaches book publishing at York University in the professional writing ... Read More »
March 9, 2022
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