by Ryan Porter

Téa Mutonji joins CanLit veterans on Writers’ Trust Fiction shortlist

The shortlist for the $50,000 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize was released on Sept. 24. Among the five authors, four are CanLit veterans with 51 books published between them: André Alexis, Sharon Butala, Michael Crummey, ... Read More »

September 25, 2019

Daily Deals: Random House Canada acquires Shaena Lambert novel based on Green Party founder Petra Kelly

By Ryan Porter

Random House Canada publisher Anne Collins has acquired Canada-English rights to Shaena Lambert’s Petra. The novel is based on the life and sudden death of Petra Kelly, the environmentalist and founder of the Green Party ... Read More »

September 25, 2019

Lynn Coady, Elan Mastai, and Susin Nielsen on the surprising complements of writing both novels and television

By Ryan Porter

It was about five years ago when writer Lynn Coady decided that she’d had enough of her basement, the site of endless solitary hours working on her fiction. The Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning author enrolled in ... Read More »

September 19, 2019

Alicia Elliott, Tanya Talaga on historic all-female shortlist for Hilary Weston

By Ryan Porter

For the first time in its 22-year history, five women have been shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. The $60,000 prize is the largest award for non-fiction writing in Canada. The ... Read More »

September 17, 2019

Daily Deals: Jon Klassen’s new picture book to Candlewick Press

By Ryan Porter

Candlewick Press executive editorial director and associate publisher Liz Bicknell has acquired world rights to Member of the Order of Canada Jon Klassen’s The Rock from the Sky. The picture book follows the friendship of ... Read More »

September 16, 2019

Daily Deals: film and TV rights sold to Judy Rebick’s Heroes in My Head

By Ryan Porter

Intuitive Pictures has acquired TV and film rights to Judy Rebick’s Heroes In My Head. The memoir is about the 11 personalities Rebick developed in order to help her cope with and survive childhood sexual ... Read More »

September 12, 2019

Cherie Dimaline

By Ryan Porter

Cherie Dimaline on the success of The Marrow Thieves and her new adult fiction Empire of Wild

September 12, 2019

Daily Deals: Michelle Good’s Five Little Indians, a novel about residential school survivors, to HarperCollins

By Ryan Porter

HarperCollins Canada editorial director Jennifer Lambert has acquired world rights to Michelle Good’s Five Little Indians. The novel is told from the alternating viewpoints of five former residential school students as they struggle to survive in ... Read More »

September 11, 2019

Literary Press Group names new executive director Laura Rock Gaughan

By Ryan Porter

Writer Laura Rock Gaughan has been named executive director of the Literary Press Group, the association of Canadian literary book publishers announced on Sept. 9. Gaughan has worked extensively with non-profit organizations as senior associate ... Read More »

September 9, 2019

How film will influence Hamilton indie Epic Books as it opens a second location inside a rep. cinema

By Ryan Porter

With sequels, remakes, and franchises crowding movie theatres, it’s only fitting that Jaime Krakowski, owner of Hamilton indie Epic Books, is starting her own cinematic universe. Krakowski will open her second shop, Epic Books: The ... Read More »

September 9, 2019

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Téa Mutonji joins CanLit veterans on Writers’ Trust Fiction shortlist

Daily Deals: Random House Canada acquires Shaena Lambert novel based on Green Party founder Petra Kelly

Lynn Coady, Elan Mastai, and Susin Nielsen on the surprising complements of writing both novels and television

Alicia Elliott, Tanya Talaga on historic all-female shortlist for Hilary Weston

Daily Deals: Jon Klassen’s new picture book to Candlewick Press

Daily Deals: film and TV rights sold to Judy Rebick’s Heroes in My Head

Cherie Dimaline

Daily Deals: Michelle Good’s Five Little Indians, a novel about residential school survivors, to HarperCollins

Literary Press Group names new executive director Laura Rock Gaughan

How film will influence Hamilton indie Epic Books as it opens a second location inside a rep. cinema

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