Quintland, the debut novel by B.C. writer Shelley Wood, will be published by HarperCollins imprint William Morrow in winter 2018.
Daily Deals: ChiZine acquires second novel by Jason Hrivnak; Goose Lane to publish non-fiction by Renee Pellerin
ChiZine Publications co-publisher Sandra Kasturi and Samantha Beiko have acquired the North American rights to Toronto-born author Jason Hrivnak’s second novel.
Daily Deals: Anvil Press acquires two books by Tracey Fragments author Maureen Medved
Anvil Press publisher Brian Kaufman has acquired Black Star, a dark comedy by Maureen Medved, author of The Tracey Fragments.
Daily Deals: Arsenal Pulp acquires new Larissa Lai; Trevor Cole’s Whisky King to be adapted to film
Arsenal Pulp Press publisher Brian Lam has acquired world English rights to The Tiger Flu, a new novel by Calgary author and creative writing professor Larissa Lai for fall 2018 publication.
Daily Deals: Touchwood acquires allergy-friendly cookbook by blogger Amanda Orlando; international deals for David Layton and Jan Redford
TouchWood Editions publisher Taryn Boyd has acquired world rights to blogger Amanda Orlando’s cookbook Everyone’s Welcome.
Daily Deals: Penguin Teen acquires new Ashley Little; D&M to publish new novel by sisters Kristen den Hartog and Tracy Kasaboski
Penguin Teen editor Samantha Swenson has acquired world rights to a new YA novel by award-winning author Ashley Little.
Daily Deals: M&S acquires debut by G&M’s Dakshana Bascaramurty; film rights sold to Anne Fleming’s The Goat
McClelland & Stewart publisher Jared Bland has acquired world English-language rights to a non-fiction work by National Newspaper Award–winning Globe and Mail reporter Dakshana Bascaramurty.
Daily Deals: BookThug to publish new poetry by Shannon Webb-Campbell; new Carol Bruneau novel to Nimbus
BookThug has acquired a new poetry collection about Canada’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women by Shannon Webb-Campbell.
Daily Deals: Freehand Books to publish novel by former UBC creative writing chair Keith Maillard
Freehand Books is set to publish former UBC creative writing chair Keith Maillard’s new novel, Figure 1 partners with GlucksteinDesign for its founder’s first title, and Roz Nay’s psychological thriller sells in Poland.
Kids Can Press to adapt Carmilla series into a YA novel
Toronto children’s publisher Kids Can Press has announced that it will be adapting award-winning webseries Carmilla into a YA novel under the KCP Loft imprint in spring 2019.