by Q&Q Staff

Deals: Penguin to publish Bride of New France sequel; and more

Penguin Canada commissioning editor Adrienne Kerr has acquired Canadian English-language rights to Suzanne Desrochers’ untitled sequel to her best-selling 2011 debut, Bride of New France. The book will expand on Laure Beausejour’s difficult life in ... Read More »

January 25, 2012

Fairmount Books set to close

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Fairmount Books Inc. plans to close its doors after 29 years as one of North America’s largest suppliers of publishers’ overstock and remainders. Located in Markham, Ontario, the company started with a 2,700 square-foot facility ... Read More »

January 24, 2012

Razorbill Canada launches YA online community

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Penguin Canada has launched an online community to complement its new YA imprint, Razorbill Canada, and spark discussion among teen readers. Razorbill.ca features book trailers, blog posts, and live chats with authors of the imprint ... Read More »

January 23, 2012

Coming off Giller win, Thomas Allen publisher Patrick Crean passes torch to Marc Côté

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Following a successful 12-year stint as founding publisher of Thomas Allen Publishers, Patrick Crean is leaving the company to embark on what he describes as a “creative sabbatical.” He will be succeeded in the role ... Read More »

January 19, 2012

Orca schools members of Parliament on the global warming crisis

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In the wake of Canada’s withdrawal from the Kyoto accord last month, Victoria’s Orca Book Publishers sent each member of Parliament an introductory book on global warming. Orca publisher Andrew Wooldridge says he was inspired ... Read More »

January 19, 2012

ECW Press backs indie booksellers with ebook giveaway

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In a new initiative designed to support independent booksellers, ECW Press will provide every customer who buys one of its print books with a free digital copy of the same title. Beginning with titles published ... Read More »

January 19, 2012

Joan Thomas, Chris Turner among upcoming Berton House writers-in-residence

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The Writers’ Trust of Canada has announced the next four writers-in-residence for the Berton House Writers’ Retreat, Canada’s northernmost authors’ residency program in Dawson City, Yukon. Each of the selected writers will live and work ... Read More »

January 19, 2012

Deals: new novels from Alexi Zentner, Cecil Foster; and more

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Iris Tupholme, publisher at HarperCollins Canada, has acquired Canadian rights to Independence, Cecil Foster’s return to fiction after more than 10 years. The novel looks at the sudden and baffling estrangement of two teenagers, abandoned ... Read More »

January 18, 2012

Toronto’s Good Egg turns to chefs and food writers for cookbook picks

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A Toronto bookstore has paired up with local chefs and food writers to put the spotlight on some of the culinary industry’s most beloved cookbooks. Starting this month, Good Egg, Kensington Market’s food-oriented bookshop, has ... Read More »

January 16, 2012