by Sue Carter

Women writers offering services, financial assistance to help others amid Concordia sexual misconduct allegations

CanLit conversations – both online and off – over the past week have been dominated by news of sexual misconduct in the creative-writing department at Montreal's Concordia University, as two professors have been removed from ... Read More »

January 15, 2018

Daily Deals: Chinese, Turkish rights for Dan Falk’s In Search of Time

By Sue Carter

Simplified Chinese rights for Dan Falk's In Search of Time: Journeys Along a Curious Dimension have been extended by five years by the originating publisher, Hainan Publishing House. Turkish rights to the same title have ... Read More »

January 15, 2018

Personnel change: Transatlantic’s Stephanie Sinclair promoted to senior agent

By Sue Carter

Transatlantic Agency has promoted associate agent Stephanie Sinclair to the position of senior agent. Sinclair will also take on the role of international rights manager for author and corporate clients represented by Transatlantic president Samantha ... Read More »

January 15, 2018

Invisible Publishing ceases sale of Mike Spry titles

By Sue Carter

Invisible Publishing has announced that it will no longer sell two poetry collections by Montreal writer Mike Spry. According to a notice posted on the publisher's website, Jack (originally published by Snare Books in 2008) ... Read More »

January 15, 2018

B.C. government soliciting feedback on post-secondary institution sexual violence and misconduct policies

By Sue Carter

The B.C. government is running a campaign in the hope of informing public post-secondary students of their institutions' sexual violence and misconduct policies. The online campaign, launched after the provincial government's Sexual Violence and Misconduct Policy Act ... Read More »

January 15, 2018

Daily Deals: S&S Canada to publish debut thriller from former Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin; M&S acquires Todd Babiak novel

By Sue Carter

McClelland & Stewart publisher Jared Bland and publishing manager Kelly Joseph have acquired Canadian English rights to award-winning author Todd Babiak’s next novel, The Empress of Idaho, which takes place over the course of a ... Read More »

January 12, 2018

Anansi reveals cover for TV tie-in edition of Lisa Moore’s Caught

By Sue Carter

House of Anansi Press has revealed on Twitter its groovy '70s-inspired cover for the forthcoming TV tie-in edition of Lisa Moore's 2013 novel, Caught. Set in 1978, Caught follows a drug dealer (played by Allan ... Read More »

January 12, 2018 | Filed under: Book news

Distribution change: Raincoast Books

By Sue Carter

Effective immediately, Raincoast Books will no longer distribute Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Sales inquiries can be directed to Penguin Random House Canada. PRHC is now accepting returns. Raincoast will also accept returns until March 31, 2018. Also ... Read More »

January 12, 2018

Festival of Literary Diversity launches new reading series in Brampton

By Sue Carter

The Festival of Literary Diversity is expanding its year-round programming with the launch of Writers at the Rose, a new reading series in Brampton, Ontario. The series will be hosted at the Rose performing-arts venue, ... Read More »

January 11, 2018 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Daily Deals: HarperCollins acquires Uzma Jalaluddin’s Ayesha At Last; Zalika Reid-Benta’s Frying Plantain goes to Anansi

By Sue Carter

ECW Press executive editor at large Susan Renouf has acquired world English rights to Andrew Reeves’s Overrun: Dispatches from the Asian Carp Crisis, exploring the environmental threat posed by the migration of invasive species across our ... Read More »

January 11, 2018

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Women writers offering services, financial assistance to help others amid Concordia sexual misconduct allegations

Daily Deals: Chinese, Turkish rights for Dan Falk’s In Search of Time

Personnel change: Transatlantic’s Stephanie Sinclair promoted to senior agent

Invisible Publishing ceases sale of Mike Spry titles

B.C. government soliciting feedback on post-secondary institution sexual violence and misconduct policies

Daily Deals: S&S Canada to publish debut thriller from former Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin; M&S acquires Todd Babiak novel

Anansi reveals cover for TV tie-in edition of Lisa Moore’s Caught

Distribution change: Raincoast Books

Festival of Literary Diversity launches new reading series in Brampton

Daily Deals: HarperCollins acquires Uzma Jalaluddin’s Ayesha At Last; Zalika Reid-Benta’s Frying Plantain goes to Anansi

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