by Sue Carter

Changes to the Ontario Disability Support Program and Ontario Works will have a profound effect on writers

Though they were announced quietly by the Ministry of Community and Social Services via social media last December, changes to the Ontario Disability Support Program and Ontario Works will have a profound effect on writers ... Read More »

January 29, 2018

Daily Deals: M&S acquires Reema Patel’s debut

By Sue Carter

McClelland & Stewart senior editor Anita Chong has acquired Canadian English-language rights in a pre-empt to Reema Patel’s debut novel, tentatively titled Justice for All. Set in Mumbai, the novel follows a former street child whose ... Read More »

January 29, 2018

Distribution change: Dumagrad Books

By Sue Carter

Effective immediately, Books in Hand Distribution, a project run by LitDistCo, will be the exclusive Canadian distributor for Dumagrad Books, under ... Read More »

January 29, 2018

Address change: ZG Communications

By Sue Carter

Effective immediately, ZG Communications's new address is: #217, 475 Main Street, ... Read More »

January 29, 2018

Association of Canadian Publishers mid-winter meeting: Indigenous publishing, audiobooks, copyright among priorities

By Sue Carter

Members of the Association of Canadian Publishers are gathering on Jan. 30–31 at the Toronto Reference Library for the association's mid-winter meeting. According to ACP executive director Kate Edwards, the two days of professional-development sessions ... Read More »

January 29, 2018

Daily Deals: German rights sold to Jordan B. Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life

By Sue Carter

Goldmann Verlag (Random House) has acquired world German rights to Jordan B. Peterson’s bestseller 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos in a six-figure pre-empt. The deal was arranged by Suzanne Brandreth at Cooke ... Read More »

January 26, 2018

Kobo kicks off Originals audiobook program with Zoe Whittall’s The Best Kind of People

By Sue Carter

Rakuten Kobo has released its first original audiobook title. Zoe Whittall’s Giller Prize–nominated novel The Best Kind of People (House of Anansi Press), narrated by London-based actor Sonja Field, is now available exclusively on the ... Read More »

January 25, 2018

Charlie Kaufman to adapt Iain Reid’s novel I’m Thinking of Ending Things for Netflix

By Sue Carter

Hollywood director Charlie Kaufman is set to write and direct the film adaptation of Iain Reid's debut novel I’m Thinking of Ending Things for Netflix. The psychological thriller follows a couple on a dark and ... Read More »

January 25, 2018

Daily Deals: French rights for Joy Kogawa’s Obasan, Craig Davidson’s Sarah Court

By Sue Carter

Livre de Poche has acquired world French rights to Joy Kogawa’s classic novel Obasan. The deal was arranged by Ron Eckel at Cooke International, in association with Deborah Druba of Anna Jarota Agency. Scholastic Canada ... Read More »

January 24, 2018

Greystone acquires Understanding Northwest Coast Indigenous Jewelry by Alexander Dawkins

By Sue Carter

Greystone Books has acquired world English-language rights to Understanding Northwest Coast Indigenous Jewelry: The Art, The Artists, The History by Alexander Dawkins, co-owner of Lattimer Gallery in Vancouver, which specializes in contemporary Northwest Coast art ... Read More »

January 23, 2018

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Changes to the Ontario Disability Support Program and Ontario Works will have a profound effect on writers

Daily Deals: M&S acquires Reema Patel’s debut

Distribution change: Dumagrad Books

Address change: ZG Communications

Association of Canadian Publishers mid-winter meeting: Indigenous publishing, audiobooks, copyright among priorities

Daily Deals: German rights sold to Jordan B. Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life

Kobo kicks off Originals audiobook program with Zoe Whittall’s The Best Kind of People

Charlie Kaufman to adapt Iain Reid’s novel I’m Thinking of Ending Things for Netflix

Daily Deals: French rights for Joy Kogawa’s Obasan, Craig Davidson’s Sarah Court

Greystone acquires Understanding Northwest Coast Indigenous Jewelry by Alexander Dawkins

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