by Sue Carter

Lexicon Books changes ownership; rebrands to Block Shop Books

Lexicon Books in picturesque Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, is re-opening its doors on July 10 with a new name, Block Shop Books, and ownership team. The five-year-old bookshop, which celebrated its birthday on May 1, shut its ... Read More »

July 7, 2020

Conundrum Press offering mini-comic bursary for Black and Indigenous creators

By Sue Carter

In response to Black Lives Matter and anti-racist protests in Canada, the U.S., and beyond, Nova Scotia's Conundrum Press is launching an annual $1,000 bursary to a Black or Indigenous person. The money will support the creation ... Read More »

July 6, 2020

Rocky Mountain Books publisher Don Gorman on selling outdoor guides during a pandemic

By Sue Carter

Victoria’s Rocky Mountain Books relies on people heading into the great outdoors for its guidebook sales. But in the early days of COVID-19, it was unclear when or if recreational trails would open. But as ... Read More »

July 6, 2020

Daily Deals: Figure 1 acquires Michele Kambolis’s When Women Rise

By Sue Carter

Figure 1 Publishing's Christopher Labonte has acquired world rights to When Women Rise by Michele Kambolis. Amid the chaos of an anxiety-ridden culture, When Women Rise invites women to transcend stress and fear to reclaim their ... Read More »

July 2, 2020

Ami McKay, Gemma Hickey double winners at Atlantic Book Awards

By Sue Carter

This year's Atlantic Book Awards were announced virtually on June 30. Ami McKay received two awards for Daughter of Family G: A Memoir of Cancer Genes, Love and Fate (Knopf Canada), which tracks her family history with ... Read More »

July 2, 2020

Daily Deals: Multiple deals for Karma Brown and Marissa Stapley’s twin-switching rom-com

By Sue Carter

Margo Lipschultz at Putnam has acquired world rights at auction to Karma Brown and Marissa Stapley's The Holiday Swap. Jointly writing as Maggie Knox, the rom-com is about identical twin women who temporarily switch lives in ... Read More »

June 26, 2020

Alannah Johnson and Whitney French look to the future with the launch of Black feminist queer press Hush Harbour

By Sue Carter

As Canadian publishing is being asked to take a hard look at its history of systemic racism and whose stories are undervalued or excluded, Whitney French and Alannah Johnson are readying themselves to build the ... Read More »

June 25, 2020

Distribution change: Royal BC Museum

By Sue Carter

Effective July 1, Royal BC Museum publications are being distributed ... Read More »

June 25, 2020

Jesse Thistle, Zalika Reid-Benta, J.R. McConvey win Kobo’s Emerging Writer Prizes

By Sue Carter

Three winners have been announced for Rakuten Kobo's sixth annual Emerging Writer Prize. Debut authors in three categories – non-fiction, literary fiction, and speculative fiction – each received a $10,000 prize and promotional, marketing, and communications ... Read More »

June 25, 2020

S&S editorial director Nita Pronovost’s debut novel makes international splash

By Sue Carter

Nita Pronovost’s internationally sought-after debut novel, The Maid, began with a chance encounter. In November, Pronovost – best known as Simon & Schuster Canada’s vice-president and editorial director – was in London to meet with ... Read More »

June 25, 2020

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Lexicon Books changes ownership; rebrands to Block Shop Books

Conundrum Press offering mini-comic bursary for Black and Indigenous creators

Rocky Mountain Books publisher Don Gorman on selling outdoor guides during a pandemic

Daily Deals: Figure 1 acquires Michele Kambolis’s When Women Rise

Ami McKay, Gemma Hickey double winners at Atlantic Book Awards

Daily Deals: Multiple deals for Karma Brown and Marissa Stapley’s twin-switching rom-com

Alannah Johnson and Whitney French look to the future with the launch of Black feminist queer press Hush Harbour

Distribution change: Royal BC Museum

Jesse Thistle, Zalika Reid-Benta, J.R. McConvey win Kobo’s Emerging Writer Prizes

S&S editorial director Nita Pronovost’s debut novel makes international splash

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