by Ryan Porter

Daily Deals: Thriller shortlisted for Unhanged Arthur to NeWest Press

NeWest Press general manager Matt Bowes has acquired world rights to J.T. Siemens’s To Those Who Killed Me. The debut thriller was shortlisted for the Unhanged Arthur Ellis Award, and follows a former cop’s investigation through ... Read More »

May 7, 2020

Carleigh Baker, Canisia Lubrin among writers chosen for annual Rising Star program

By Ryan Porter

Five writers have been selected for the Writers’ Trust’s annual Rising Star program. Five established Canadian writers each chose a writer to mentor. The participants will also receive a series of career development and networking ... Read More »

May 7, 2020

Daily Deals: Caitlin Press acquires family memoir of life in a pacifist Doukhobor community

By Ryan Porter

Caitlin Press’s Vici Johnstone has acquired world rights to Vera Maloff’s Our Backs Warmed by the Sun: Memories of a Doukhobor Life—Community, Protest, and a Peace Movement. The book is described as an intricately woven, ... Read More »

May 4, 2020

Shortlist announced for Stephen Leacock Medal

By Ryan Porter

The shortlist has been announced for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The $15,000 prize recognizes Canadian humour writing. The shortlisted works represent writers from across Canada. Heidi L.M. Jacobs’s Molly of the Mall ... Read More »

May 4, 2020

Daily Deals: ECW acquires adventure memoir from Angie Abdou

By Ryan Porter

ECW Press’s Susan Renouf has acquired world rights to Angie Abdou’s This One Wild Life. The personal memoir of self-discovery and parenting chronicles Abdou and her daughter’s attempt to hike a peak a week in ... Read More »

April 30, 2020

Distribution change: University Press of Florida

By Ryan Porter

Effective July 1, UBC Press will be the exclusive distributor ... Read More »

April 30, 2020

Demand for digital collections spikes at libraries across Canada

By Ryan Porter

With libraries closed across the country, librarians are observing an unprecedented demand for digital materials. In Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries, traffic to the digital collection has spiked 190 per cent, with 224 per cent ... Read More »

April 30, 2020

2020 Eden Mills Writers’ Festival to be replaced by six-month online literary series

By Ryan Porter

The Eden Mills Writers’ Festival, which was scheduled to be held in Eden Mills, Ontario, Sept. 11–13, has been reimagined as an online literary salon. Events will kick off next month and be held through ... Read More »

April 30, 2020

Daily Deals: Waubgeshig Rice to write follow-up to Moon of the Crusted Snow for Random House

By Ryan Porter

Random House Canada’s Rick Meier has commissioned a sequel to Waubgeshig Rice’s Moon of the Crusted Snow. The book will be set 10 years after the events that forced the residents to retreat into the ... Read More »

April 27, 2020

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Daily Deals: Thriller shortlisted for Unhanged Arthur to NeWest Press

Carleigh Baker, Canisia Lubrin among writers chosen for annual Rising Star program

Daily Deals: Caitlin Press acquires family memoir of life in a pacifist Doukhobor community

Shortlist announced for Stephen Leacock Medal

Daily Deals: ECW acquires adventure memoir from Angie Abdou

Distribution change: University Press of Florida

Demand for digital collections spikes at libraries across Canada

2020 Eden Mills Writers’ Festival to be replaced by six-month online literary series

Daily Deals: Waubgeshig Rice to write follow-up to Moon of the Crusted Snow for Random House

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