by Julie Baldassi

York University professor wins Shakespeare’s Globe Book Award

York University scholar David B. Goldstein is the joint winner of the biennial Shakespeare’s Globe Book Award for Eating and Ethics in Shakespeare’s England, published by Cambridge University Press. Goldstein shares the £3,000 prize with ... Read More »

August 5, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Hachette partners with EBSCO, excerpts from Bad Feminist, and more

By Julie Baldassi

Hachette makes its ebooks available via EBSCO Excerpts from Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist, out today Truth is stranger than fiction: Contagion screenwriter Steven Soderbergh on the recent Ebola outbreak “When I’m writing, I am trying to find out ... Read More »

August 5, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Snapshot: Vancouver Writers Fest director Hal Wake

By Julie Baldassi

In May, representatives from more than a dozen writers’ festivals across the country – from New Brunswick’s Frye Festival to the Vancouver Writers Fest – gathered in Toronto for an informal meeting to discuss what ... Read More »

July 31, 2014

Koyama Press moves into kidlit

By Julie Baldassi

This fall, Toronto-based indie publisher Koyama Press will bring its wonderfully weird art comics to a younger audience. Two new books for young readers, Britt Wilson’s Cat Dad King of the Goblins and John Martz’s ... Read More »

July 31, 2014

Deals: HarperCollins Canada acquires Kamal Al-Solaylee non-fiction; McFetridge back with Constable Eddie Dougherty mystery; and more

By Julie Baldassi

HarperCollins Canada non-fiction editorial director Jim Gifford has acquired Canadian English-language rights to Brown by Kamal Al-Solaylee, author of Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes (and frequent Q&Q contributor). The non-fiction title, due out in May 2016, looks at “what it means to be ‘brown’ ... Read More »

July 30, 2014

Breaking the Man Booker rules, The Goldfinch headed to the big screen, and more

By Julie Baldassi

The Man Booker Prize requires longlisted books to be in stock within 10 days of the announcement, but several titles haven’t been released yet Warner Bros. picks up film rights to The Goldfinch "Teens Need Love Too": ... Read More »

July 29, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Are fall and spring publishing seasons still relevant?

By Julie Baldassi

Traditionally, Canadian publishers grouped their frontlist releases into two major selling seasons in spring and fall. But the influence of major chain retailers – not to mention the ease of producing and distributing digital catalogues ... Read More »

July 28, 2014

Distribution change: Dundurn Press

By Julie Baldassi

Effective Sept. 1, Dundurn Press will transfer U.K. sales and distribution to Ingram Publisher Services, which already manages Dundurn’s distribution in the U.S. The change marks the end of Dundurn’s 11-year relationship with Gazelle Book ... Read More »

July 25, 2014

Herstory calendar reaches 40th and final year

By Julie Baldassi

After 40 years of helping people keep their schedules straight, the Saskatoon Women’s Calendar Collective has released its final Herstory Canadian Women’s Calendar for 2015. “It’s just like the digital world has subsumed our purpose,” ... Read More »

July 24, 2014

Deals: M&S acquires Rebecca Rosenblum’s debut novel; six-figure deal for self-published author MJ Summers; and more

By Julie Baldassi

McClelland & Stewart senior editor Anita Chong has acquired Canadian English-language rights to Journey Prize finalist Rebecca Rosenblum’s So Much Love, a first novel about the unexpected reverberations felt by a small community after a ... Read More »

July 24, 2014

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York University professor wins Shakespeare’s Globe Book Award

Hachette partners with EBSCO, excerpts from Bad Feminist, and more

Snapshot: Vancouver Writers Fest director Hal Wake

Koyama Press moves into kidlit

Deals: HarperCollins Canada acquires Kamal Al-Solaylee non-fiction; McFetridge back with Constable Eddie Dougherty mystery; and more

Breaking the Man Booker rules, The Goldfinch headed to the big screen, and more

Are fall and spring publishing seasons still relevant?

Distribution change: Dundurn Press

Herstory calendar reaches 40th and final year

Deals: M&S acquires Rebecca Rosenblum’s debut novel; six-figure deal for self-published author MJ Summers; and more

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