by Ryan Porter

Inaugural five recipients announced for Writers’ Trust’s Rising Stars program

The Writers’ Trust of Canada has announced its inaugural Rising Stars program. The program will present a $5,000 prize to five early-career authors. The writer will be selected by an established author, who will also ... Read More »

April 23, 2019

Daily Deals: Clash Books acquires Charlene Elsby’s linked crime-story collection

By Ryan Porter

Clash Books’s Christoph Paul has acquired Charlene Elsby’s collection of linked short stories, Recursion. The book is told through the ... Read More »

April 22, 2019

Three Canadian highlights from AUPresses’s Book, Jacket, and Journal Show

By Ryan Porter

When Dan Wagstaff, marketing and publicity manager at Publishers Group Canada and founder of the book-design blog The Casual Optimist, was invited to judge the Association of University Presses’s 2018 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show, ... Read More »

April 22, 2019

Daily Deals: U.S. rights sold to William Morrow for Cherie Dimaline’s forthcoming Empire of Wild

By Ryan Porter

William Morrow executive editor Rachel Kahan has acquired at auction U.S. English rights to Cherie Dimaline’s forthcoming novel Empire of Wild. Publication is expected in spring 2020 following its Sept. 17 Canadian release. The deal was arranged by ... Read More »

April 18, 2019

Crime writers Louise Penny, Sam Wiebe, Sarah Weinman among finalists for 2019 Arthur Ellis Awards

By Ryan Porter

The shortlists have been announced for the 2019 Arthur Ellis Awards. Presented by the Crime Writers of Canada, the awards recognize the best in Canadian crime writing. In the Best Crime Novel category, mystery novelist ... Read More »

April 18, 2019

Daily Deals: Figure 1 to publish UBC collection for university’s centennial

By Ryan Porter

Figure 1 Publishing’s Chris Labonté has acquired world rights to Tyee Bridge’s UBC: The Next Century. The collection will commemorate ... Read More »

April 15, 2019

Members of committee to plan Canada’s literary program at 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair announced

By Ryan Porter

Leading up to the celebration of Canada as the honoured country at the 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair, three people have been named to the literary programming committee by organizing arm Canada FBM2020. Word On The Street Toronto’s ... Read More »

April 15, 2019

Daily Deals: Kevin Donovan to write Barry and Honey Sherman book for Penguin Canada

By Ryan Porter

Penguin Canada’s Diane Turbide has acquired world rights to Kevin Donovan’s true-crime narrative The Billionaire Murders: The Mysterious Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman. Donovan, chief investigative reporter at the Toronto Star, investigates the violent ... Read More »

April 11, 2019

Daily Deals: Michael Coren to Cormorant with Christian non-fiction collection

By Ryan Porter

Cormorant Books has acquired a book of Michael Coren’s columns and articles. The collection, Reclaiming Faith, is described as offering positive perspectives on Christianity. The book will be published in fall 2019. Rocky Mountain Books’s ... Read More »

April 9, 2019

ALA’s Most Challenged Books list once again includes Mariko and Jillian Tamaki’s This One Summer

By Ryan Porter

The 2014 graphic novel This One Summer by the Canadian team of Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki has been listed as one of the Most Challenged Books by the American Library Association for the second ... Read More »

April 9, 2019

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Inaugural five recipients announced for Writers’ Trust’s Rising Stars program

Daily Deals: Clash Books acquires Charlene Elsby’s linked crime-story collection

Three Canadian highlights from AUPresses’s Book, Jacket, and Journal Show

Daily Deals: U.S. rights sold to William Morrow for Cherie Dimaline’s forthcoming Empire of Wild

Crime writers Louise Penny, Sam Wiebe, Sarah Weinman among finalists for 2019 Arthur Ellis Awards

Daily Deals: Figure 1 to publish UBC collection for university’s centennial

Members of committee to plan Canada’s literary program at 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair announced

Daily Deals: Kevin Donovan to write Barry and Honey Sherman book for Penguin Canada

Daily Deals: Michael Coren to Cormorant with Christian non-fiction collection

ALA’s Most Challenged Books list once again includes Mariko and Jillian Tamaki’s This One Summer

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