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North America’s first PhD in publishing, Amanda Lastoria, on researching Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland

Last November, Amanda Lastoria became the first person in North America to earn a PhD in publishing. Her research at Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University focused on how book design influences the way a reader constructs ... Read More »

July 13, 2020

Richard Van Camp gets double nod on Sunburst Award shortlist

By Ryan Porter

Edmonton author Richard Van Camp has been named twice on the shortlist for the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. His short-story collection Moccasin Square Gardens was shortlisted in the Adult ... Read More »

July 13, 2020

Daily Deal: Doubleday Canada acquires Chantel Guertin novel in a six-figure deal

By Ryan Porter

Doubleday Canada's Bhavna Chauhan has acquired Canadian English rights in a two-book, six-figure pre-empt to television personality, beauty expert, and bestselling novelist Chantel Guertin’s novel Instamom. Described as a book club rom-com for fans of ... Read More »

July 9, 2020

Daily Deals: Humayun Khan’s debut YA novel set in Toronto’s Regent Park to Penguin Teen Canada

By Ryan Porter

Penguin Teen Canada’s Lynne Missen has acquired North American rights to Humayun Khan’s debut YA novel. Tentatively titled GHETTOSTAN, the coming-of-age novel is about a teen in Toronto’s Regent Park neighbourhood obsessed with basketball and ... Read More »

July 8, 2020

Daily Deals: Ronald J. Deibert to offer social media critique in 2020 Massey Lecture from Anansi

By Ryan Porter

House of Anansi Press has announced that Ronald J. Deibert will deliver the 2020 Massey Lecture. The tech expert will critique the negative consequences of social media. Anansi will publish the text in September 2020. ... Read More »

July 7, 2020

Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

By Ryan Porter

Laura Cameron has joined the Transatlantic Agency as an associate agent based in Vancouver. Cameron worked at Penguin Random House Canada in editorial, sales, and publicity for six years. She is actively building a list ... Read More »

July 7, 2020

Personnel change: The Rights Factory

By Ryan Porter

Rachel Spence has joined The Rights Factory as an associate editor. She has been an in-house editor for over three years, most recently as an acquisitions editor at Dundurn Press in Toronto. Spence has also ... Read More »

July 7, 2020

Canada’s Guest of Honour role at Frankfurt postponed until 2021

By Ryan Porter

Canada’s Guest of Honour role at the Frankfurt Book Fair will be postponed until 2021, Canadian Heritage announced on July 7. Canada FBM2020, the organizing body behind the Canadian publishing showcase, is now discouraging Canadians ... Read More »

July 7, 2020

Marianne Boucher finds healing in her graphic memoir of escaping a cult

By Ryan Porter

In 1980, 18-year-old Marianne Boucher left her small town in Canada for Santa Monica, California, where she travelled to try-out for the Ice Capades. Instead, she was recruited by a charismatic band of young people ... Read More »

July 2, 2020

Daily Deals: Dundurn acquires Xue Yiwei novel about globalization

By Ryan Porter

Dundurn Press publisher Scott Fraser has acquired world English rights to Xue Yiwei’s novel Hilary, Miwa, & I. The book is about the dynamic between a Canadian woman, a Japanese woman, and a Chinese man ... Read More »

June 29, 2020

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North America’s first PhD in publishing, Amanda Lastoria, on researching Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland

Richard Van Camp gets double nod on Sunburst Award shortlist

Daily Deal: Doubleday Canada acquires Chantel Guertin novel in a six-figure deal

Daily Deals: Humayun Khan’s debut YA novel set in Toronto’s Regent Park to Penguin Teen Canada

Daily Deals: Ronald J. Deibert to offer social media critique in 2020 Massey Lecture from Anansi

Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency

Personnel change: The Rights Factory

Canada’s Guest of Honour role at Frankfurt postponed until 2021

Marianne Boucher finds healing in her graphic memoir of escaping a cult

Daily Deals: Dundurn acquires Xue Yiwei novel about globalization

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