by Sue Carter

Daily Deals: Arsenal Pulp acquires Lindsay Wong’s debut memoir

Arsenal Pulp Press publisher Brian Lam has acquired world English rights to UBC BFA and Columbia University MFA Lindsay Wong's debut WOO-WOO: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family. ... Read More »

December 1, 2017

Daily Deals: U.K. and Commonwealth rights acquired for Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life

By Sue Carter

Laura Stickney of Penguin Press U.K. has acquired at auction U.K. and Commonwealth (excluding Canada) English-language rights to Jordan B. Peterson’s forthcoming 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos. The deal was arranged by ... Read More »

November 30, 2017

Daily Deals: Italian rights for Marissa Stapley; French rights to La Pastèque for Scott Chantler’s jazz graphic biography

By Sue Carter

Sperling & Kupfer Editori have acquired Italian rights in a pre-empt to Marissa Stapley's novel Things To Do When It's Raining, a generational story about childhood sweethearts who are reunited as adults. The deal was ... Read More »

November 29, 2017

Manitoba’s publishing and printing tax credits threatened by consultant report

By Sue Carter

Financial consulting company KPMG has recommended that the Manitoba provincial government either cut or eliminate its Book Publishing and Cultural Industries Printing tax credits. In a commissioned two-phase report assessing the province's fiscal performance, KPMG ... Read More »

November 29, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

Greystone signs with Cursor Marketing Services to build on its U.S. successes

By Sue Carter

Greystone Books has partnered with Cursor Marketing Services to extend the Vancouver-based publisher's marketing program in the United States. The expansion following the success of two Greystone titles: The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben, ... Read More »

November 29, 2017

Edmonton Public Library discontinues its Alberta Readers’ Choice Award program

By Sue Carter

The Edmonton Public Library is no longer supporting its annual Alberta Readers’ Choice Award, which honours the province's most popular fiction and narrative non-fiction titles. Established in 2010, the $10,000 annual prize pits Albertan-authored titles ... Read More »

November 29, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Libraries

Di Brandt named Winnipeg’s first poet laureate

By Sue Carter

Winnipeg has named Di Brandt the city's first poet laureate. Brandt was selected by the Winnipeg Arts Council and members of the local poetry community for her "artistry, experience and commitment to the community." In ... Read More »

November 29, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Katherena Vermette wins CODE’s 2017 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Young Adult Literature

By Sue Carter

Katherena Vermette's debut novel The Break (House of Anansi Press) has won CODE's 2017 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Young Adult Literature. A jury of Indigenous writers and educators selected the winning ... Read More »

November 24, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Susan Orlean joins Banff Centre as literary journalism chair

By Sue Carter

The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has named U.S. journalist Susan Orlean the new Rogers Communications Chair in Literary Journalism. Orleans, who has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 1992, is ... Read More »

November 23, 2017 | Filed under: Authors

Personnel Changes: Greystone Books expands its international editorial team

By Sue Carter

Vancouver's Greystone Books has announced several hires to its local and international editorial teams. Managing editor Jennifer Croll has been promoted to the newly created position of editorial director, responsible for the operation of Greystone’s ... Read More »

November 23, 2017

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Daily Deals: Arsenal Pulp acquires Lindsay Wong’s debut memoir

Daily Deals: U.K. and Commonwealth rights acquired for Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life

Daily Deals: Italian rights for Marissa Stapley; French rights to La Pastèque for Scott Chantler’s jazz graphic biography

Manitoba’s publishing and printing tax credits threatened by consultant report

Greystone signs with Cursor Marketing Services to build on its U.S. successes

Edmonton Public Library discontinues its Alberta Readers’ Choice Award program

Di Brandt named Winnipeg’s first poet laureate

Katherena Vermette wins CODE’s 2017 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Young Adult Literature

Susan Orlean joins Banff Centre as literary journalism chair

Personnel Changes: Greystone Books expands its international editorial team

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