by Ryan Porter

Daily Deals: international deals for Andrea Dorfman, Terrence Dickenson

Einaudi has acquired world Italian rights to Andrea Dorfman’s graphic memoir Flawed. Hunan Science and Technology has acquired world simplified Chinese rights to Terrence Dickinson’s Hubble’s Universe, a collection of facts and colour photography educating ... Read More »

August 1, 2018

Daily Deals: Lori Lansens sells audio rights to Brilliance Audio

By Ryan Porter

Brilliance Audio’s Daniel Harmon has acquired world English audio rights, excluding Canada, to Lori Lansens’s upcoming ... Read More »

July 30, 2018

Eden Robinson, Omar El Akkad among shortlisted authors for Sunburst speculative fiction prize

By Ryan Porter

The shortlists for the 2018 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic in adult, YA, and short-story fiction have been announced. The awards recognize the best in Canadian speculative fiction published in ... Read More »

July 30, 2018

PRHC believes it can get closer to readers with new podcast Semi-Prose

By Ryan Porter

Penguin Random House Canada is getting into the podcast game with Semi-Prose, the only podcast in Canada produced by a publisher. The 30-minute panel podcast is divided into halves. The first features four PRHC staff ... Read More »

July 30, 2018

Orca, Gregory Younging recognized by BC book publishers

By Ryan Porter

Orca Book Publishers and Indigenous publishing advocate Gregory Younging have been announced as the 2018 honourees of the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia. Victoria-based Orca and its publisher Andrew Wooldridge will receive the ... Read More »

July 26, 2018

Annie Koyama on why Koyama Press will shutter in 2021

By Ryan Porter

Toronto-based Koyama Press has been a Canadian success story: it publishes a gifted portfolio of writers and illustrators, has a strong presence on the awards circuit, and has enjoyed years of financial stability. So it ... Read More »

July 25, 2018

“Jaw-dropping” setting for crime-writing workshop on B.C.’s Pender Island

By Ryan Porter

Charlene Thompson understands that her inaugural Crime Writing on Pender weekend workshop, running Oct. 12–14, sounds like the setup for a classic murder mystery itself. Up to 12 strangers will gather on B.C.’s Pender Island, ... Read More »

July 25, 2018

Jillian Tamaki wins third Eisner for graphic short-story collection Boundless

By Ryan Porter

Toronto-based illustrator Jillian Tamaki has won the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Graphic Album – Reprint for her 2017 collection Boundless (Drawn & Quarterly). The graphic short-story collection depicts fantastical scenarios that mix humour ... Read More »

July 25, 2018

Michael Ondaatje, Esi Edugyan longlisted for Booker

By Ryan Porter

Canadian authors Esi Edugyan and Michael Ondaatje have been longlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize. Edugyan is recognized for her forthcoming novel Washington Black and Ondaatje for his most recent novel Warlight. Edugyan and Onadaatje were ... Read More »

July 24, 2018

German publishers show appetite for culturally specific Canadian titles

By Ryan Porter

Caitlin Press publisher Vici Johnstone used to question how her titles, which specialize in diverse stories about B.C., would be received internationally. During a government-sponsored trade mission to Germany earlier this month, she found out. ... Read More »

July 23, 2018

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Daily Deals: international deals for Andrea Dorfman, Terrence Dickenson

Daily Deals: Lori Lansens sells audio rights to Brilliance Audio

Eden Robinson, Omar El Akkad among shortlisted authors for Sunburst speculative fiction prize

PRHC believes it can get closer to readers with new podcast Semi-Prose

Orca, Gregory Younging recognized by BC book publishers

Annie Koyama on why Koyama Press will shutter in 2021

“Jaw-dropping” setting for crime-writing workshop on B.C.’s Pender Island

Jillian Tamaki wins third Eisner for graphic short-story collection Boundless

Michael Ondaatje, Esi Edugyan longlisted for Booker

German publishers show appetite for culturally specific Canadian titles

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