by Q&Q Staff

Distribution change: Figure 1 Publishing

Vancouver’s Figure 1 Publishing has signed an international distribution agreement with Publishers Group West, a division of Perseus Books Group. PGW will distribute Figure 1’s print titles in the U.S. and around the world. Raincoast ... Read More »

May 16, 2013

Mosaic Books closing its Rutland location

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Ten months after opening, Okanagan Valley bookseller Mosaic Books has announced the closure of its second location, effective June 30. From the onset, Mosaic owner Michael Neill viewed the 4,000 square-foot, community mall space, located ... Read More »

May 16, 2013

Deals: HarperCollins Canada acquires Donal Logue’s debut YA novel; ChiZine to publish two horror titles by Michael Rowe; and more

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Hadley Dyer, executive editor of children’s books at HarperCollins Canada, has acquired Donal Logue’s YA novel Agua. The Ottawa-born actor’s debut book follows a teenage boy who becomes embroiled in a murder mystery after blundering ... Read More »

May 16, 2013

Deals: Random House Canada acquires Linden MacIntyre novel; ECW to publish Dan Rubenstein’s walking guide; and more

By Q&Q Staff

Random House Canada publisher Anne Collins has acquired Canadian English-language rights to Linden MacIntyre’s next novel. The untitled book explores issues of crime and vengeance, as seen through the eyes of a retired corrections officer. ... Read More »

May 9, 2013 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Distribution change: Pinky Swear

By Q&Q Staff

Effective immediately, McArthur & Company will no longer represent or publish the Pinky Swear titles Bite Me (ISBN 978-1-77087131-1) and Bite Me Too (ISBN 978-1-77087-152-6) to the trade in Canada. Returns will be accepted by ... Read More »

May 6, 2013

OUP Canada shutters historic trade division

By Q&Q Staff

Oxford University Press has announced that it is shuttering its Canadian trade division to focus exclusively on titles in its higher-education, school, and ESL divisions. “What we have decided is that OUP Canada, moving forward, ... Read More »

May 2, 2013

Deals: Knopf Canada acquires Carol Bishop Gwyn’s Mary and Christopher Pratt biography; French-language sale for Andrew Kaufman; and more

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Knopf Canada publisher Anne Collins has acquired Canadian rights to Carol Bishop-Gwyn’s Life Is Not a Rehearsal, a biography of Newfoundland artists Christopher and Mary Pratt. Publication is scheduled for 2017. John Pearce of Westwood ... Read More »

May 2, 2013

Deals: Non-fiction acquisitions for HarperCollins Canada, ECW Press, Knopf Random Canada; and more

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HarperCollins Canada editorial director Jennifer Lambert has acquired The End of Absence by investigative journalist Michael Harris. The non-fiction book focuses on the social, physiological, and psychological changes that have arisen as a result of ... Read More »

April 30, 2013

National Reading Campaign announces Children’s Book Review Project

By Q&Q Staff

The National Reading Campaign has announced a three-year initiative to promote Canadian children’s publishing. The non-profit organization hopes to supplement media coverage of children’s literature by providing newspapers, online publications, and other media with free, ... Read More »

April 29, 2013

Deals: M&S acquires novel by Commonwealth finalist Connie Gault; Biblioasis to publish Andrew Steinmetz’s This Great Escape

By Q&Q Staff

McClelland & Stewart publisher Ellen Seligman has acquired in a pre-empt Canadian English-language rights to Elena H, a novel by Commonwealth Prize finalist Connie Gault. Set in and around several prairie towns from the 1930s ... Read More »

April 23, 2013

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Quill and Quire

Distribution change: Figure 1 Publishing

Mosaic Books closing its Rutland location

Deals: HarperCollins Canada acquires Donal Logue’s debut YA novel; ChiZine to publish two horror titles by Michael Rowe; and more

Deals: Random House Canada acquires Linden MacIntyre novel; ECW to publish Dan Rubenstein’s walking guide; and more

Distribution change: Pinky Swear

OUP Canada shutters historic trade division

Deals: Knopf Canada acquires Carol Bishop Gwyn’s Mary and Christopher Pratt biography; French-language sale for Andrew Kaufman; and more

Deals: Non-fiction acquisitions for HarperCollins Canada, ECW Press, Knopf Random Canada; and more

National Reading Campaign announces Children’s Book Review Project

Deals: M&S acquires novel by Commonwealth finalist Connie Gault; Biblioasis to publish Andrew Steinmetz’s This Great Escape

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