by Sue Carter

Personnel changes: Literary Press Group

Literary Press Group has hired William Kemp as the new general manager of LitDistCo. Kemp is co-founder of Words on Pages and has been working on the LPG’s marketing experimentation project, CarryOnBooks. Julia Horel leaves ... Read More »

July 10, 2018

IFOA rebrands as Toronto International Festival of Authors

By Sue Carter

Toronto's International Festival of Authors is showing some hometown pride with its new rebranding. The festival, which is preparing for its 40th birthday in 2019, is now called the Toronto International Festival of Authors. According ... Read More »

July 9, 2018

David Wolfman, Simon Thibault, and Lynn Crawford among Taste Canada Award nominees

By Sue Carter

Taste Canada has announced the shortlists for its annual food writing awards. This year, volunteer juries selected 46 French- and English-language cookbooks from 91 submitted titles. Thirteen food blogs were also nominated. Simon Thibault's debut, ... Read More »

July 9, 2018

Pajama Press hires former Q&Q BfYP editor Dory Cerny

By Sue Carter

Pajama Press publisher Gail Winskill has hired Dory Cerny as managing editor, effective immediately. Cerny – who most recently served as books for young people editor at Quill & Quire – brings close to 15 ... Read More »

July 5, 2018

Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming July titles

By Sue Carter

Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their favourite upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program and the Canadian Urban Libraries Council. Her Pretty Face, Robyn Harding (Simon & Schuster Canada) The Last ... Read More »

June 27, 2018

Daily Deals: Penguin acquires Catherine Gildiner non-fiction; Goose Lane acquires Rebecca Fisseha debut

By Sue Carter

Simon Pulse editor Jennifer Ung has acquired world rights to The Summer I Learned Chinese, a contemporary YA novel by Lindsay Wong, about a Chinese-American teen who takes a trip to Beijing to reconnect with ... Read More »

June 27, 2018

Daily Deals: M&S to acquire Harold R. Johnson’s book on Canada’s failure to deliver justice to Indigenous people

By Sue Carter

McClelland & Stewart editor-in-chief Martha Kanya-Forstner has acquired Canadian English rights to Peace and Good Order, by former crown prosecutor and bestselling author Harold R. Johnson. The book will argue a case against Canadian criminal law ... Read More »

June 25, 2018

Address change: Greystone Books

By Sue Carter

Effective July 3, Vancouver's Greystone Books is moving ... Read More »

June 25, 2018

Kyo Maclear, Pino Coluccio win Trillium Book Awards

By Sue Carter

The Trillium Awards were handed out at a ceremony in Toronto on June 21. The annual prizes, administered by the Ontario Media Development Corporation, celebrate French- and English-language literary works by the province's authors. Toronto ... Read More »

June 22, 2018

Laval University and Copibec settle $4m copyright suit

By Sue Carter

Quebec-based licensing collective Copibec has come to an out-of-court agreement with Laval University over its long-standing class action copyright infringement suit. Details of the agreement will be released pending court approval. In June 2014, after ... Read More »

June 21, 2018

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Quill and Quire

Personnel changes: Literary Press Group

IFOA rebrands as Toronto International Festival of Authors

David Wolfman, Simon Thibault, and Lynn Crawford among Taste Canada Award nominees

Pajama Press hires former Q&Q BfYP editor Dory Cerny

Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming July titles

Daily Deals: Penguin acquires Catherine Gildiner non-fiction; Goose Lane acquires Rebecca Fisseha debut

Daily Deals: M&S to acquire Harold R. Johnson’s book on Canada’s failure to deliver justice to Indigenous people

Address change: Greystone Books

Kyo Maclear, Pino Coluccio win Trillium Book Awards

Laval University and Copibec settle $4m copyright suit

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