On March 11, right in the heart of when this year’s London Book Fair was meant to be held, Book*hug Press co-publisher Hazel Millar spent her morning hosting Skype and phone meetings with her London ... Read More »
March 12, 2020
Simon & Schuster Canada’s Sarah St. Pierre has acquired North American English rights to Glenn Dixon’s debut novel Bootleg Stardust. The coming-of-age caper is set in the ’70s rock world and follows a down-and-out guitar player ... Read More »
March 11, 2020
Effective immediately, Cooke International's subsidiary rights associate Hana El Niwairi has been promoted to ... Read More »
March 11, 2020
With Italy imposing national restrictions in an attempt to contain the coronavirus, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair has been cancelled. The crucial gathering for children’s publishers had been previously rescheduled from March 30 to May ... Read More »
March 11, 2020
After writing arcs for Supergirl and Harley Quinn, Toronto artist and writer Mariko Tamaki will take on arguably the most iconic female superhero of all this June: Wonder Woman. Tamaki, an Eisner winner for her ... Read More »
March 9, 2020
In its fourth year, Vancouver’s Growing Room Literary & Arts Festival continues to distinguish itself as a unique event on the Canadian literary calendar. Not only does festival director Jessica Johns say it’s the largest ... Read More »
March 9, 2020
First-time picture-book illustrator Rachel Wada has won the $1,000 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award for her work on The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden (Orca Book Publishers). The annual prize, presented by IBBY Canada, ... Read More »
March 9, 2020
Lorimer has acquired world rights to Jennifer Manuel’s Leading the Pack. The book will be part of the publisher’s Sports Stories series of middle-grade novels, which focus on kids in different sports. Publication is expected ... Read More »
March 6, 2020
The 2020 Forest of Reading Festival, the largest literary event for young readers in Canada, has been cancelled, the organization announced on March 6. Organizers attributed the decision to cancel the southern Ontario event to ... Read More »
March 6, 2020
VS. Books's Vivek Shraya has acquired Cicely Belle Blain's debut poetry collection Burning Sugar. The work will explore Black identity, history, and lived experience. Publication is expected for September 2020. This is the second book ... Read More »
March 5, 2020
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