Effective immediately, Thomas Allen & Son will no longer serve as distributor for The Experiment. Thomas Allen & Son will accept returns ... Read More »
January 3, 2018
ECW Press executive editor Michael Holmes has acquired Jason Freure’s Everyone Rides the Bus in a City of Losers, a psychogeographic poetry collection inspired by the literary traditions and landmarks of Montreal. Publication is scheduled for fall ... Read More »
January 2, 2018
This past year in CanLit will most likely be remembered for advancing discussions around cultural appropriation and identity, which, not surprisingly, also dominates our list of top stories of the year. Here are Q&Q's most-read ... Read More »
December 15, 2017 | Filed under: Book news
When Pottersfield Press publisher Lesley Choyce released Nova Scotia veteran journalist Joan Baxter's book The Mill: Fifty Years of Pulp and Protest in November, the initial sales were "disappointingly low." Choyce expected some kind of controversy ... Read More »
December 14, 2017
Audible has acquired world English audio rights to Ian Williams's forthcoming novel Reproduction, a love story about two strangers who become family (Random House Canada, February 2019). The deal was arranged by Denise Bukowski of ... Read More »
December 14, 2017
A motion was made in the House of Commons on Dec. 13 to launch the much-anticipated parliamentary review of the Copyright Act. The mandated review will be led by the Standing Committee on Industry, Science ... Read More »
December 14, 2017
The Toronto Public Library has released its annual list of the most-borrowed books of the year. Top Canadian-authored fiction titles include Madeleine Thien's 2016 Giller Prize–winning novel, Do Not Say We Have Nothing, and Shari ... Read More »
December 14, 2017 | Filed under: Libraries
Toronto journalist and activist Desmond Cole has won the 2017 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize. The $1,000 annual award is presented to "an individual or group whose work has advanced freedom of expression in Canada." At ... Read More »
December 14, 2017 | Filed under: Authors
Sharon Bala’s debut novel, The Boat People, will receive a rare but welcome marketing push when it comes out in early 2018. Bala's novel, about a group of Sri Lankan refugees who arrive in Canada ... Read More »
December 13, 2017 | Filed under: Book news
Baltos Lankos has acquired Lithuanian rights to Antanas Sileika's memoir, The Barefoot Bingo Caller, for ... Read More »
December 13, 2017
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