by Sue Carter

Anne Collins named 2019 Ivy Award recipient

Anne Collins, Knopf Random Canada Group vice-president and publisher at Penguin Random House Canada, is this year's Ivy Award recipient. Organized by the International Visitors Programme and the Toronto International Festival of Authors, the Ivy Award is ... Read More »

October 1, 2019

Daily Deals: Italian rights sold for Ian Williams’s Reproduction

By Sue Carter

Roberto Keller at Keller Editore has acquired Italian rights to Ian Williams’s Giller Prize–shortlisted debut novel, Reproduction. The deal was arranged by Laura Grandi at Grandi & Associati on behalf of Denise Bukowski at the ... Read More »

October 1, 2019

Distribution change: Fitzhenry & Whiteside

By Sue Carter

Effective immediately, Fitzhenry & Whiteside is no longer distributing First Nations Caring Society (Spirit ... Read More »

October 1, 2019

PRHC donates 1,500 copies of Greta Thunberg’s book to First Book Canada

By Sue Carter

Students and supporters in cities across Canada will be hitting the streets tomorrow for another global climate strike, following a week of protests and climate-related activities inspired by #FridaysForFuture, a movement inspired by Swedish teen activist ... Read More »

September 26, 2019

Canadian indie publishers are taking risks – and finding new readers – in the U.S.

By Sue Carter

Early in the summer of 2018, Biblioasis publisher Dan Wells was contacted by Galley Beggar Press, the British publishing house that released Lucy Ellmann’s Booker Prize–longlisted novel Ducks, Newburyport in the U.K. The Windsor, Ontario–based ... Read More »

September 23, 2019

Cindy Blackstock, Monique Gray Smith win Indigenous Literature Awards

By Sue Carter

Cindy Blackstock and Monique Gray Smith have won Periodical Marketers of Canada Indigenous Literature Awards. First Nation Communities READ 2019-2020 announced the winning titles, which were selected by a jury of Indigenous librarians from across Ontario. Blackstock – ... Read More »

September 23, 2019

Daily Deals: TV rights acquired for Zoe Whittall’s Holding Still for as Long as Possible

By Sue Carter

Marble Media has acquired TV rights to Zoe Whittall’s novel Holding Still for as Long as Possible, a portrait of queer and ... Read More »

September 23, 2019

Personnel change: McGill-Queen’s University Press

By Sue Carter

Effective immediately, McGill-Queen’s University Press has hired Kate Fraser as marketing and sales coordinator for the United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions. The hire is part of MQUP's move to create an independent marketing operation that will offer ... Read More »

September 23, 2019

David Suzuki publisher Greystone Books to close for Friday’s climate strike

By Sue Carter

Greystone Books is planning to shut its office on the afternoon of Sept. 27 in solidarity with young climate strikers. The Vancouver publishing house's staff will march in the city's Global Climate Strike. Greystone is ... Read More »

September 23, 2019

Personnel change: McGill-Queen’s University Press

By Sue Carter

McGill-Queen's University Press has hired John Borrows as editor for its Native and Northern Series. The award-winning author and professor – who is Anishinaabe/Ojibway and a member of the Chippewa of the Nawash First Nation ... Read More »

September 19, 2019

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Anne Collins named 2019 Ivy Award recipient

Daily Deals: Italian rights sold for Ian Williams’s Reproduction

Distribution change: Fitzhenry & Whiteside

PRHC donates 1,500 copies of Greta Thunberg’s book to First Book Canada

Canadian indie publishers are taking risks – and finding new readers – in the U.S.

Cindy Blackstock, Monique Gray Smith win Indigenous Literature Awards

Daily Deals: TV rights acquired for Zoe Whittall’s Holding Still for as Long as Possible

Personnel change: McGill-Queen’s University Press

David Suzuki publisher Greystone Books to close for Friday’s climate strike

Personnel change: McGill-Queen’s University Press

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