Thomas Allen publisher Patrick Crean has bought Canadian rights to Roy MacSkimming’s as-yet-untitled novel based on the final days of John A. Macdonald, which will focus on Macdonald’s struggles with scandal and illness, and on ... Read More »

Douglas & McIntyre senior editor Scott Steedman has purchased North American rights to a debut novel by Ameen Merchant. Set in India, The Silent Raga explores themes of family and loss through the story of ... Read More »

HarperCollins Canada vice-president and publisher Phyllis Bruce has signed Cape Breton Road author D.R. MacDonald to a six-figure, two-book deal. The first of the two titles (the second has yet to be determined) will be ... Read More »

Canadian fantasy author Holly Phillips has sold North American rights to her latest novel, Engine’s Child, to Del Rey, an imprint of Random House U.S. The book is about “a young priest-in-training who must find ... Read More »

Penguin Canada editor Andrea Crozier has acquired Canadian rights to a new work of non-fiction by Brian Payton. The Way of the Monk is an account of Payton’s global journey through India, Egypt, and other ... Read More »

Agent Jackie Kaiser of Westwood Creative Artists has sold Alice Kuiper’s Life on the Refrigerator Door to HarperCollins U.S., in a deal which included a second follow-up title for young adults as well. Fellow agent ... Read More »