by Sue Carter

Madeleine Thien shortlisted for Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction

Madeleine Thien's novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing is among six titles nominated for the 2017 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Last year, Thien took home the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General's Literary ... Read More »

April 4, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Douglas Coupland to receive B.C.’s Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence

By Sue Carter

Douglas Coupland has been named recipient of B.C.'s Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence. The Vancouver artist, author, and designer was selected for the annual honour by a jury comprising CBC Radio host Sheryl MacKay, author ... Read More »

April 4, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Coach House plans “substantial reprint” of Canada Reads winner, Fifteen Dogs

By Sue Carter

There isn't going to be much room left on the cover of André Alexis's novel Fifteen Dogs (Coach House Books) now that it has won Canada Reads. The promotional sticker for CBC's book competition will ... Read More »

April 3, 2017

Kids Can Press wins Publisher of the Year prize at Bologna

By Sue Carter

Kids Can Press has been named North American publisher of the year at day one of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. The awards recognize kidlit publishers in six international regions, as selected by publishing houses, ... Read More »

April 3, 2017

Book clubs meet the mark

By Sue Carter

Lawrence Hill never thought his third novel would become a commercial success. It was 2008 – one year after HarperCollins published The Book of Negroes – and conventional publishing wisdom suggested that if the sprawling ... Read More »

April 3, 2017

Daily Deals: ECW acquires Rob Simpson’s adventure memoir | Greystone picks up Zazie Todd’s dog book

By Sue Carter

ECW Press executive editor Michael Holmes has acquired world rights to Rob Simpson’s No Heavy Lifting, which covers a dozen once-in-a-lifetime adventures experienced by the Toronto sportscaster and journalist. The book is scheduled for spring 2018. ... Read More »

March 31, 2017

Daily Deals: Greystone acquires authorized Buffy Sainte-Marie bio | NeWest acquires Niall Howell novel

By Sue Carter

Greystone Books has acquired Buffy Sainte-Marie: An Authorized Biography, about the iconic folk singer and activist, by Vancouver cultural journalist Andrea Warner. The book is slated for fall 2018. The deal was arranged by Kris Rothstein ... Read More »

March 30, 2017

Charles Bronfman, Annette Verschuren make National Business Book Awards shortlist

By Sue Carter

Titles about the changing digital world and two memoirs make up this year's National Business Book Award shortlist. The $30,000 prize recognizes outstanding non-fiction titles on Canadian business published the previous year. A jury, chaired ... Read More »

March 29, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Daily Deals: Dundurn acquires Kim Moritsugu’s The Showrunner | ECW acquires Joel Scott’s mystery series

By Sue Carter

Dundurn editorial director Carrie Gleason has acquired world rights to Toronto author Kim Moritsugu’s novel The Showrunner, a dark comedy about an aging television-show creator and her protégée turned producing partner. Publication is slated for ... Read More »

March 29, 2017

Daily Deals: Multiple foreign deals for Michael Crummey | Film rights sold for Jen Sookfong Lee’s The Conjoined

By Sue Carter

Patrice Leung at Golden Orchid Productions has acquired film rights for Jen Sookfong Lee’s 2016 novel The Conjoined (ECW Press), about a Vancouver social worker who uncovers secrets from her mother's past. The deal was ... Read More »

March 28, 2017

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Madeleine Thien shortlisted for Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction

Douglas Coupland to receive B.C.’s Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence

Coach House plans “substantial reprint” of Canada Reads winner, Fifteen Dogs

Kids Can Press wins Publisher of the Year prize at Bologna

Book clubs meet the mark

Daily Deals: ECW acquires Rob Simpson’s adventure memoir | Greystone picks up Zazie Todd’s dog book

Daily Deals: Greystone acquires authorized Buffy Sainte-Marie bio | NeWest acquires Niall Howell novel

Charles Bronfman, Annette Verschuren make National Business Book Awards shortlist

Daily Deals: Dundurn acquires Kim Moritsugu’s The Showrunner | ECW acquires Joel Scott’s mystery series

Daily Deals: Multiple foreign deals for Michael Crummey | Film rights sold for Jen Sookfong Lee’s The Conjoined

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