Great Plains editorial director Catharina de Bakker has acquired Anita Daher’s You Don’t Have to Die in the End. The YA novel is about a girl living in a tough town at the foothills of ... Read More »
June 3, 2019
When Matthew Hays and Thomas Waugh first launched Arsenal Pulp Press’s Queer Film Classics series in 2009, they received more than one proposal for a book about Brokeback Mountain. But the colleagues in the film ... Read More »
June 3, 2019
Lindsay Nixon has won the Writers' Trust's $5,000 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ emerging writers. The jury, which was comprised of previous winners Amber Dawn and Kai Cheng Thom, praised Nixon for their original voice ... Read More »
June 3, 2019
Carrianne Leung has won the $10,000 Danuta Gleed Literary Award for her linked-story collection That Time I Loved You (HarperCollins). The award, presented by The Writers’ Union of Canada, celebrates a debut collection of short ... Read More »
June 3, 2019
DCB publisher Barry Jowett has acquired two new titles: Barbara Radecki's Messenger 93 is about a teenage girl who is visited by mysterious crows bearing an ominous message. The deal was arranged by Sam Hiyate of The ... Read More »
May 16, 2019
Cormorant Books has hired Sarah Cooper as managing director, beginning June 3. Cooper previously worked for the Association of ... Read More »
May 16, 2019
In its second year, the Indigenous Voices Awards continue to celebrate the best emerging Indigenous writers while ramping up their focus on community building. The finalists, announced on May 13, include Tanya Tagaq's Split Tooth, ... Read More »
May 16, 2019
Rachel Giese has won the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for her book Boys: What It Means to Become a Man (Patrick Crean Editions). The winner of the $25,000 prize was announced at the ... Read More »
May 15, 2019
ECW Press’s Jen Knoch has acquired world rights to Toronto music journalist Del Cowie’s This is a Throwdown: A Toronto Hip-Hop History From Maestro Fresh Wes to Drake. The book chronicles the music, history, and ... Read More »
May 15, 2019
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