by Sue Carter

Daily Deals: Penguin acquires John Semley’s Hater; Conundrum picks up Kat Verhoeven’s Meat & Bone

Penguin Canada editor Justin Stoller has acquired world rights to Toronto journalist John Semley’s Hater: On The Virtues Of Utter Disagreeability, a call for critical thinking in everyday life. The deal was arranged by Sam ... Read More »

December 12, 2017

Canadian Jennifer Szalai named New York Times’s new non-fiction critic

By Sue Carter

Canadian-born Jennifer Ildiko Szalai, a New York Times Book Review editor, has been hired as the paper's new non-fiction critic. A former senior editor at Harper's, Szalai is a graduate of the University of Toronto, ... Read More »

December 11, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

Daily Deals: Random House picks up Lori Lansens’s We American Girls; BookThug acquires Jocleyn Parr’s settler colonialism project

By Sue Carter

Random House Canada publisher Anne Collins has acquired Canadian rights to Lori Lansens’s novel We American Girls, a "wild and raucous tale" about two teenage girls on the run after being accused of blowing up ... Read More »

December 11, 2017

Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming January titles

By Sue Carter

Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their favourite upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program and the Canadian Urban Libraries Council. Wolves of Winter, Tyrell Johnson (Simon & Schuster Canada) The Immortalists, ... Read More »

December 11, 2017

Téa Mutonji selected as first writer under Vivek Shraya’s VS. imprint with Arsenal Pulp

By Sue Carter

Writer and poet Téa Mutonji is the first author to be signed to Arsenal Pulp Press's new VS. imprint and mentorship program, led by multidisciplinary artist Vivek Shraya. Mutonji, who hails from the Toronto suburb ... Read More »

December 11, 2017

Distribution Change: Fitzhenry & Whiteside

By Sue Carter

Effective immediately, Fitzhenry & Whiteside will no longer ... Read More »

December 11, 2017

Copyright reform, Canada Book Fund dominate publisher lobbying in Ottawa

By Sue Carter

A group of Canadian indie publishers and representatives made their annual trip to Ottawa on Nov. 28 in hopes of lobbying for increases to funding and copyright reform, as well as overall protection of the ... Read More »

December 7, 2017

2017 Year in Review: As the popularity of audiobooks continued to rise, so did the number of Canadian titles

By Sue Carter

Margaret Atwood and Elisabeth Moss created quite the spectacle for Toronto commuters when the pair appeared at Union Station on Sept. 12 to promote the Canadian launch of Audible, the Amazon-owned audiobook platform. They performed ... Read More »

December 7, 2017

Emily Urquhart named Wilfrid Laurier University’s new Edna Staebler writer-in-residence

By Sue Carter

Creative non-fiction author Emily Urquhart has been named Wilfrid Laurier University’s Edna Staebler writer-in-residence for winter 2018. Urquhart, who is based in Kitchener, Ontario, is the author of Beyond the Pale: Folklore, Family, and the ... Read More »

December 7, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Personnel Change: Rocky Mountain Books

By Sue Carter

Rocky Mountain Books has hired Jillian van der Geest as marketing and publicity manager. Van der Geest, who will work out of her home office in Whistler, B.C., replaces Rick Wood. Van der Geest brings seven years of experience in broadcast communications ... Read More »

December 7, 2017

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Daily Deals: Penguin acquires John Semley’s Hater; Conundrum picks up Kat Verhoeven’s Meat & Bone

Canadian Jennifer Szalai named New York Times’s new non-fiction critic

Daily Deals: Random House picks up Lori Lansens’s We American Girls; BookThug acquires Jocleyn Parr’s settler colonialism project

Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming January titles

Téa Mutonji selected as first writer under Vivek Shraya’s VS. imprint with Arsenal Pulp

Distribution Change: Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Copyright reform, Canada Book Fund dominate publisher lobbying in Ottawa

2017 Year in Review: As the popularity of audiobooks continued to rise, so did the number of Canadian titles

Emily Urquhart named Wilfrid Laurier University’s new Edna Staebler writer-in-residence

Personnel Change: Rocky Mountain Books

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