Invisible Publishing has hired Julie Wilson as publicity and sales co-ordinator on a contract basis, effective immediately. ... Read More »
January 23, 2018
Blood lines David Chariandy, whose widely acclaimed second novel, Brother, won the 2017 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, turns his attention to his real-life family with his new book, I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You: ... Read More »
January 22, 2018
Coteau Books has acquired Canadian English-language rights to bestselling author Sharon Butala’s short-story collection, The Season of Fury and Wonder, which explores the lives of women in old age: their rage, regrets, secrets, and joys. ... Read More »
January 22, 2018
A new petition is urging the federal government to bolster its support for the publishing industry. The document, which was made public in late December, calls for a number of different initiatives: a GST exemption ... Read More »
January 22, 2018 | Filed under: Book news
As soon as the weather cooperates, patrons of the Dartmouth North Public Library in Nova Scotia will be able to read and browse books outside the library walls. The branch, which is part of the ... Read More »
January 22, 2018 | Filed under: Libraries
Book*hug publisher Jay MillAr has acquired Refuse: CanLit in Ruins, a collection of writing co-edited by Hannah McGregor, Julie Rak, and Erin Wunker. The book examines the fallout from recent CanLit controversies such as #UBCAccountable, ... Read More »
January 19, 2018
Effective immediately, Books in Hand Distribution, a project run by LitDistCo, will be the ... Read More »
January 16, 2018
Anne, the CBC/Netflix television series based on the Anne of Green Gables books by Lucy Maud Montgomery, is up for 13 Canadian Screen Awards, the most nominations received by any program or film this year. ... Read More »
January 16, 2018 | Filed under: Awards
P.S. Literary Agency has hired Stephanie Winter as agency relations assistant. ... Read More »
January 16, 2018
Poet, essayist, and academic Amanda Jernigan has been named the new poetry editor at Biblioasis. She takes over for Zach Wells, who left the position in late 2017. Jernigan's debut collection, Groundwork, was published by ... Read More »
January 16, 2018
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