by Ryan Porter

Silence on copyright reform in federal election leaves organizations “disappointed” and “confused”

With less than two weeks to go before the next federal election, there are two words the candidates have yet to speak: “copyright reform.” Their silence on the issue, which some writers and publishers say ... Read More »

October 10, 2019

How much do pre-orders predict a bestseller?

By Ryan Porter

Greystone Books was thrilled when the New York Times profiled German author Peter Wohlleben. The Vancouver press holds world English rights to his book The Hidden Life of Trees, about the community-like connections between trees ... Read More »

October 10, 2019

Countdown to Frankfurt 2020: Frankfurt Book Fair launches inaugural audio marketplace

By Ryan Porter

The European audiobook industry is worth half a billion dollars, second in the world only to the United States, according to a joint study by the Audio Publishers Association and Italian digital publishing retailer and ... Read More »

October 10, 2019

Daily Deals: Raptors 25th anniversary book to Penguin Canada; Pajama Press to publish new Michael Bedard middle-grade novel

By Ryan Porter

Penguin Canada associate publisher Nick Garrison has acquired world rights to sports reporter Doug Smith’s We the North: 25 Years of the Toronto Raptors. The collection will celebrate the biggest moments from the team’s history. Publication ... Read More »

October 9, 2019

Daily deals: MIRA Books acquires thriller from Hannah Mary McKinnon

By Ryan Porter

MIRA Books’s Emily Ohanjanians has acquired world English and audio rights to Hannah Mary McKinnon’s next psychological suspense novel in a two-book deal. The as-yet-untitled story follows a man with amnesia who finds his way ... Read More »

October 7, 2019

Historical futurist novel Plum Rains wins Sunburst Award for “literature of the fantastic”

By Ryan Porter

Ladysmith, B.C., author Andromeda Romano Lax’s novel Plum Rains (Penguin Random House Canada) has won the $1,000 Adult Fiction award from the Sunburst Award Society. The prize celebrates Canadian literature of the fantastic. Plum Rains ... Read More »

October 7, 2019

Personnel change: Dundurn Press

By Ryan Porter

Effective immediately, Dundurn Press has promoted Kendra ... Read More »

October 7, 2019

Revealing portraits of Canadian writers unveiled in art book Many Lives Mark This Place

By Ryan Porter

In the new art book Many Lives Mark This Place (Figure 1 Publishing), 32 Canadian authors’ short writings about a formative location in their lives are paired with portraits that place them against their chosen ... Read More »

October 7, 2019

Lindsay Nixon, Tess Liem shortlisted for Quebec Writers’ Federation’s Literary Awards

By Ryan Porter

Québécois authors writing in English have been recognized in six categories on the shortlists for the Quebec Writers’ Federation’s 2019 Literary Awards. The winners will be announced at a gala in Montreal on Nov. 5. ... Read More »

October 4, 2019

Daily Deals: David Macfarlane family memoir to Doubleday; Tundra acquires Terry Fox picture book

By Ryan Porter

Doubleday Canada editor-in-chief Martha Kanya-Forstner has acquired Canadian English rights to David Macfarlane’s LIKENESS: Fathers, sons, a portrait. The family memoir, inspired by a painting, is described as funny and heartbreaking. Publication is expected for fall ... Read More »

October 3, 2019

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Silence on copyright reform in federal election leaves organizations “disappointed” and “confused”

How much do pre-orders predict a bestseller?

Countdown to Frankfurt 2020: Frankfurt Book Fair launches inaugural audio marketplace

Daily Deals: Raptors 25th anniversary book to Penguin Canada; Pajama Press to publish new Michael Bedard middle-grade novel

Daily deals: MIRA Books acquires thriller from Hannah Mary McKinnon

Historical futurist novel Plum Rains wins Sunburst Award for “literature of the fantastic”

Personnel change: Dundurn Press

Revealing portraits of Canadian writers unveiled in art book Many Lives Mark This Place

Lindsay Nixon, Tess Liem shortlisted for Quebec Writers’ Federation’s Literary Awards

Daily Deals: David Macfarlane family memoir to Doubleday; Tundra acquires Terry Fox picture book

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