by Ryan Porter

Jael Richardson and the FOLD receive 2019 Freedom to Read Award

Jael Richardson and the Festival of Literary Diversity are the 2019 recipients of the Freedom to Read Award. The annual award from the Writers’ Union of Canada recognizes work that supports freedom of expression and ... Read More »

February 28, 2019

Adam Tooze wins Lionel Gelber Prize for book on financial crash

By Ryan Porter

The Lionel Gelber Prize for foreign-affairs writing has gone to Columbia University history professor Adam Tooze for his book Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World (Viking). The $15,000 prize was founded ... Read More »

February 28, 2019

Daily Deals: HarperCollins acquires Algonquin Anishnaabe writer Karen McBride’s debut novel at auction

By Ryan Porter

HarperCollins’s Iris Tupholme has acquired Canadian English rights at auction to Algonquin Anishnaabe writer Karen McBride’s debut novel Crow Winter. The novel follows Hazel, a young woman who moves home to her First Nation reserve after ... Read More »

February 25, 2019

Bruce Walsh, University of Regina Press part ways

By Ryan Porter

Bruce Walsh, founding director of the University of Regina Press, has parted ways with the publisher, the university’s senior communications specialist, Paul Dederick, confirms. “Due to privacy concerns we’re unable to provide any further information,” ... Read More »

February 25, 2019

Jennica Harper to adapt, executive produce The Marrow Thieves TV series alongside author Cherie Dimaline

By Ryan Porter

Seasoned screenwriter and producer Jennica Harper (Cardinal, Motive) will join author Cherie Dimaline in the anticipated television adaptation of YA blockbuster The Marrow Thieves (Dancing Cat Books). The duo will also executive produce for Vancouver production ... Read More »

February 21, 2019

Daily Deals: Spring 2020 memoirs to explore work culture, grief and mental illness, and autism and society

By Ryan Porter

Appetite by Random House’s Bhavna Chauhan has acquired world English rights to Tara Henley’s Lean Out: A Meditation on the Madness of Modern Life. The book is described as a blend of memoir, travelogue, and journalistic ... Read More »

February 21, 2019

Julie Morstad wins Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver award for Bloom illustrations

By Ryan Porter

Julie Morstad has won the $1,000 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for illustrating the picture book Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli (HarperCollins). The picture-book biography of designer Elsa Schiaparelli was written ... Read More »

February 21, 2019

Raincoast Books co-founder Allan MacDougall: 1947–2019

By Ryan Porter

After a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease, Allan MacDougall, the co-founder and former CEO of Raincoast Books, passed away on Feb. 19. He was 71. He is survived by his wife Angie MacDougall, board chair ... Read More »

February 21, 2019

Daily Deals: NeWest Press acquires poetry collection from Meredith Quartermain, thriller from Mark Lisac

By Ryan Porter

NeWest Press general manager Matt Bowes has acquired world rights to Meredith Quartermain’s Lullabies in the Real World. The poetry collection is themed around a train trip from Vancouver to the Canadian East Coast. Publication is ... Read More »

February 20, 2019

Anansi to publish Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani’s account of unlawful imprisonment

By Ryan Porter

House of Anansi Press has secured North American rights to Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani’s award-winning No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison. The prison diary was written in WhatsApp messages sent to translator Omid ... Read More »

February 14, 2019

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Jael Richardson and the FOLD receive 2019 Freedom to Read Award

Adam Tooze wins Lionel Gelber Prize for book on financial crash

Daily Deals: HarperCollins acquires Algonquin Anishnaabe writer Karen McBride’s debut novel at auction

Bruce Walsh, University of Regina Press part ways

Jennica Harper to adapt, executive produce The Marrow Thieves TV series alongside author Cherie Dimaline

Daily Deals: Spring 2020 memoirs to explore work culture, grief and mental illness, and autism and society

Julie Morstad wins Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver award for Bloom illustrations

Raincoast Books co-founder Allan MacDougall: 1947–2019

Daily Deals: NeWest Press acquires poetry collection from Meredith Quartermain, thriller from Mark Lisac

Anansi to publish Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani’s account of unlawful imprisonment

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