by Sue Carter

Inaugural Emerging Indigenous Voices award finalists revealed

The finalists for the inaugural Emerging Indigenous Voices prizes have been announced. Administered by the Indigenous Literary Studies Association, the crowdfunded awards were initiated by Toronto lawyer Robin Parker in May 2017, after several media ... Read More »

May 18, 2018

2018 Salary Survey: The good, the bad, and the hopeful

By Sue Carter

In 2013, when Q&Q released its last salary survey, the industry was in a different place. Companies were facing the perceived threat of digital publishing, which led to a new category of jobs requiring advanced ... Read More »

May 17, 2018

Patrick Brown writing a tell-all about his “political assassination”

By Sue Carter

In a release dated May 17, Optimum Publishing International announced that it will publish Take Down: The Political Assassination of Patrick Brown, a tell-all memoir from the former leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative party. ... Read More »

May 17, 2018

Daily Deals: PRHC signs Cherie Dimaline to four-book deal

By Sue Carter

Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers publisher Tara Walker and publishing director of fiction Lynne Missen have acquired North America English rights to the next two YA novels from Cherie Dimaline, the award-winning author of ... Read More »

May 17, 2018

Ben Ladouceur, Trish Salah, and Joshua Whitehead named Dayne Ogilvie Prize finalists

By Sue Carter

Three poets have been nominated for the 2018 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers. The $4,000 Writers’ Trust of Canada annual award is presented to an emerging writer from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, ... Read More »

May 17, 2018 | Filed under: Awards

Kristin Cochrane named CEO at Penguin Random House Canada

By Sue Carter

Kristin Cochrane, president and publisher of Penguin Random House Canada, has been named the company's new CEO, effective July 1. Cochrane – recognized as one of the most powerful figures in the Canadian publishing industry ... Read More »

May 17, 2018

Alberta government declares May 15 “Alberta Book Day”

By Sue Carter

Alberta's publishing industry received a boost when the provincial government declared May 15 as the inaugural Alberta Books Day. The announcement was made by Minister of Culture and Tourism Ricardo Miranda. Twenty of the province's ... Read More »

May 17, 2018

Musqueam hip-hop artist Christie Charles named Vancouver’s first Indigenous poet laureate

By Sue Carter

Musqueam spoken-word artist and emcee Christie Charles has been appointed as Vancouver's first Indigenous poet laureate. During her two- to three-year tenure, Charles – who performs under the name Miss Christie Lee – will host ... Read More »

May 16, 2018

Stumbling Giants wins 20th annual Donner Prize

By Sue Carter

Patricia Meredith and James L. Darroch received the $50,000 Donner Prize for Stumbling Giants: Transforming Canada’s Banks for the Information Age (Rotman-UTP Publishing/University of Toronto Press). The award was presented on May 15 at a ... Read More »

May 16, 2018

Daily Deals: Owlkids acquires non-fiction picture book by Nadia L. Hohn

By Sue Carter

Owlkids Books publisher Karen Boersma and editorial director Karen Li have acquired world rights to a non-fiction picture book about Louise Bennett-Coverley – a Jamaican poet, performer, and champion of Jamaican Patois popularly known as Miss Lou – written ... Read More »

May 15, 2018

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Inaugural Emerging Indigenous Voices award finalists revealed

2018 Salary Survey: The good, the bad, and the hopeful

Patrick Brown writing a tell-all about his “political assassination”

Daily Deals: PRHC signs Cherie Dimaline to four-book deal

Ben Ladouceur, Trish Salah, and Joshua Whitehead named Dayne Ogilvie Prize finalists

Kristin Cochrane named CEO at Penguin Random House Canada

Alberta government declares May 15 “Alberta Book Day”

Musqueam hip-hop artist Christie Charles named Vancouver’s first Indigenous poet laureate

Stumbling Giants wins 20th annual Donner Prize

Daily Deals: Owlkids acquires non-fiction picture book by Nadia L. Hohn

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