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Deals: Cormorant acquires Andrew Kaufman novel; ECW Press acquires non-fiction; and more

ECW Press co-publisher Jack David has acquired world rights to Buying Influence: Lobbyists in Canada by Dan Donovan, about the role of lobbyists in Canadian politics and industry. The book will be published in spring ... Read More »

September 18, 2013

Christen Thomas named executive director at LPG

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The Literary Press Group has hired a new executive director. Christen Thomas, currently the manager of technology at eBound Canada, brings a mix of indie publishing and digital experience to the role. She previously worked ... Read More »

September 17, 2013

Susan Renouf joins ECW as editor-at-large

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Publishing veteran Susan Renouf has joined ECW Press as executive editor-at-large. Renouf will acquire and edit between five and eight titles per year in addition to the 50 to 60 titles the press already does ... Read More »

September 13, 2013

Deals: Anansi acquires a pair of novels; Penguin Canada acquires book about CBC’s Colleen Jones; and more

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House of Anansi Press senior editor Janice Zawerbny has acquired world rights to Giller nominee Russell Wangersky’s forthcoming novel, Walt, about a grocery store employee who comes to know its patrons by analyzing their discarded shopping lists. ... Read More »

September 12, 2013

With Bev Editions, an agent experiments in ebooks

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Beverley Slopen is a veteran literary agent, but in recent years she has become increasingly involved in a related sideline: ebook publishing. Now in its third year, the digital imprint Bev Editions has released more ... Read More »

September 9, 2013

Word on the Street Vancouver rebrands as five-day festival

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Since 1995, the Vancouver Book and Magazine Fair Society has overseen the city’s annual Word on the Street event. Last week, the society announced that the reading and literacy festival has disassociated itself from WOTS’s ... Read More »

September 9, 2013

CODE announces inaugural shortlist for YA fiction prize

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The Canadian Organization for Development through Education has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Burt Award for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Literature, which recognizes achievements in YA writing. The finalists are: • James Bartleman, ... Read More »

September 5, 2013

Don Sedgwick steps down at Transatlantic Agency

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Don Sedgwick is stepping down as chair, director, and shareholder of the Transatlantic Agency to focus on his new role as executive director of the newly launched MFA program in creative non-fiction at the University ... Read More »

September 5, 2013

Personnel change: Dundurn Press

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Dundurn Press has two personnel changes to report. Katie Scott joined the press this week in the role of editor. Previously, Scott worked as an editorial coordinator at Oxford University Press’s trade division. Andre Bovee-Begun joins ... Read More »

September 5, 2013

Personnel changes: Promotions at HarperCollins Canada

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HarperCollins Canada has announced several promotions. Iris Tupholme has been promoted to executive publisher, vice-president, and editor-in-chief. She will continue to report to president and CEO David Kent. Steve Osgoode has been promoted from senior director of digital business ... Read More »

September 4, 2013

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Deals: Cormorant acquires Andrew Kaufman novel; ECW Press acquires non-fiction; and more

Christen Thomas named executive director at LPG

Susan Renouf joins ECW as editor-at-large

Deals: Anansi acquires a pair of novels; Penguin Canada acquires book about CBC’s Colleen Jones; and more

With Bev Editions, an agent experiments in ebooks

Word on the Street Vancouver rebrands as five-day festival

CODE announces inaugural shortlist for YA fiction prize

Don Sedgwick steps down at Transatlantic Agency

Personnel change: Dundurn Press

Personnel changes: Promotions at HarperCollins Canada

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