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Cooke International to represent foreign rights for ChiZine

The Cooke Agency International, which handles foreign rights sales on behalf of Random House of Canada and McClelland & Stewart, has added a new publisher client. The agency announced this week that it will represent ... Read More »

October 6, 2011

HarperCollins Canada sponsors new prize for science fiction and fantasy

By Q&Q Staff

To coincide with the Canadian Children’s Book Centre awards gala on Tuesday, organizers have announced a new children’s literature prize to honour excellence in the science fiction and fantasy genres. The $5,000 Monica Hughes Award, ... Read More »

October 6, 2011

Deals: Penguin acquires new Carrie Mac; RMB buys marathon-man memoir; debut fiction at HarperCollins; and more

By Q&Q Staff

Lynne Missen, publishing director for children’s and YA literature at Penguin Canada, has acquired world rights to The Opposite of Tidy by Carrie Mac. The YA novel follows a girl as she tries to hide ... Read More »

October 5, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Kate Walker & Company rebrands as Ampersand Inc.

By Q&Q Staff

Kate Walker & Company Ltd., Canada’s longest serving independent sales rep group, has announced a name change. Effective immediately, the company is to be known as Ampersand Canada’s Book and Gift Agency Inc. According to ... Read More »

October 3, 2011

Fatty Legs wins First Nation Communities Read prize for 2011–12

By Q&Q Staff

The First Nation Communities Read program has selected Fatty Legs: A True Story (Annick Press), written by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton and illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes, as its 2011–12 title. Launched in 2003, thefatty-legs-wins-first-nation-communities-read-prize-for-201112/> ... Read More »

October 3, 2011

Quebec Writers’ Federation lands new sponsors for literary prizes

By Q&Q Staff

The Quebec Writers’ Federation has lined up a pair of new sponsors for its annual literary awards. Concordia University will now sponsor the Concordia University First Book Prize, and McGill University chancellor Richard Pound will ... Read More »

October 3, 2011

Poetry in Voice welcomes Quebec entrants

By Q&Q Staff

After launching in Ontario last spring, Poetry in Voice, the high-school poetry recitation contest founded by Scott Griffin, is expanding to Quebec, where students will be able to compete in both official languages for the ... Read More »

October 3, 2011

Facing closure, Newfoundland’s last independent bookstore seeks buyer

By Q&Q Staff

After four years in business, the sole remaining independent bookstore in Newfoundland is facing closure unless it can find a buyer. The Bookery, which occupies a heritage property in St. John’s Signal Hill, has closed ... Read More »

October 3, 2011

Reissue of Jack Layton’s Speaking Out Louder becomes instant bestseller

By Q&Q Staff

Since his death on Aug. 22, there has been great interest in the political thought of the late New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton. Now, a re-release of his previously out-of-print book, Speaking Out Louder: ... Read More »

October 3, 2011

Distribution change: Self-Counsel Press

By Q&Q Staff

Effective Nov. 1st, Self-Counsel Press will be distributed by University of Toronto Press in Canada, with the exception of independent bookstores in B.C., which will order through Heritage Group Distribution. Fraser Direct Distribution Services/Jaguar Book ... Read More »

September 29, 2011

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Cooke International to represent foreign rights for ChiZine

HarperCollins Canada sponsors new prize for science fiction and fantasy

Deals: Penguin acquires new Carrie Mac; RMB buys marathon-man memoir; debut fiction at HarperCollins; and more

Kate Walker & Company rebrands as Ampersand Inc.

Fatty Legs wins First Nation Communities Read prize for 2011–12

Quebec Writers’ Federation lands new sponsors for literary prizes

Poetry in Voice welcomes Quebec entrants

Facing closure, Newfoundland’s last independent bookstore seeks buyer

Reissue of Jack Layton’s Speaking Out Louder becomes instant bestseller

Distribution change: Self-Counsel Press

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