Inge Siemens has been appointed regional sales manager for Western Canada. Sherie Hodds has been appointed regional sales manager for ... Read More »
January 20, 2006
Judith Keenan, executive producer of BookShorts, a company that produces short films based on new books by Canadian authors, is hoping to make a big splash south of the border this year when she launches ... Read More »
January 19, 2006
With most polls still indicating that the Conservative Party is likely to win the most seats in next Monday’s federal election, publishing industry associations are facing the prospect of working with either a minority or ... Read More »
January 19, 2006
Key Porter Books editor Janie Yoon has purchased North American rights to a debut novel by Chantel Simmons, the editor-in-chief of Canadian anti-aging magazine Elevate. Stuck in Downward Dog is about a 25-year-old woman named ... Read More »
January 18, 2006
Doubleday Canada publisher Maya Mavjee has just signed a deal with author Michael Crummey for Canadian rights to his next two books. The first is tentatively titled Rock of Ages, and though Doubleday isn’t willing ... Read More »
January 18, 2006
Kim McArthur, publisher of McArthur & Company, has purchased rights to former Greenpeace vice-president Varda Burstyn’s new eco-thriller, Double Blind. The book is a follow-up to Burstyn’s debut, Water Inc., and follows returning heroes Davidowicz ... Read More »
January 18, 2006
Camilla Gibb has just signed a deal with Doubleday Canada publisher Maya Mavjee for Canadian rights to her next novel, tentatively titled Things Collapse. The book is about a community caught in the grip of ... Read More »
January 18, 2006
Doubleday Canada associate editor Nicholas Massey-Garrison has struck a deal with Globe and Mail finance columnist Rob Carrick for a Consumer’s Guide to Canadian Banks. The guide will employ an easy-to-follow ranking system for all ... Read More »
January 18, 2006 | Filed under: Awards
Greystone Books publisher Rob Sanders has acquired world rights to a new work of popular science by Leslie Anthony. Snakebit: Travels with Herpetologists and Other Natural Disasters will chronicle the author’s life-long enthusiasm for the ... Read More »
January 18, 2006
HarperCollins Canada vice-president and publisher Iris Tupholme has secured Canadian rights to the debut novel of Claire Cameron. The Line Painter is a work of suspense about a grieving young widow and her near-catastrophic road ... Read More »
January 18, 2006
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