Diana Beresford-Kroeger has found success as one of the most well-informed scientific voices in Canada.
Daily Deals: Random House Canada acquires Jann Arden memoir
Knopf Random Canada Group publisher Anne Collins has acquired world rights to a new memoir by Canadian singer and songwriter Jann Arden.
Daily Deals: Laksa Media acquires speculative fiction collection
Laksa Media has acquired world rights to The Sum of Us: Tales of the Bonded and Bound.
Daily Deals: M&S to publish thriller by Eleanor Catton
McClelland & Stewart publisher Jared Bland has acquired Canadian rights to New Zealand-Canadian Booker Prize—winning author Eleanor Catton’s third novel
Daily Deals: Knopf acquires new titles by Miriam Toews and Rawi Hage; Penguin Teen to publish two YA novels by Jo Treggiari
Knopf Canada publishing director Lynn Henry has acquired new books by accoladed authors Miriam Toews and Rawi Hage, while Penguin Teen Canada will publish two new YA novels by Jo Treggiari.
Daily Deals: D&M to publish two memoirs by Cree writer Darrel J. McLeod
Daily Deals: PRH acquires poet Ian Williams’s debut novel; Anansi to publish Katherena Vermette’s second book of poetry
Random House has acquired poet Ian Williams’s debut novel, while House of Anansi will publish Katherena Vermette’s second book of poetry.
Daily Deals: Foreign deals for Alice Kuipers, Roz Nay, Glenn Dixon
Foreign-rights deals for titles by Alice Kuipers, Roz Nay, Glenn Dixon, Alexandre Trudeau, Jay Ingram, and Marc Lewis.
Daily Deals: Jeff Lemire graphic novel to be adapted to film produced by Ryan Gosling
Anonymous Content (Spotlight, True Detective, The Revenant) has optioned film rights to Toronto comic creator Jeff Lemire’s 2012 graphic novel The Underwater Welder (Top Shelf Productions/Canadian Manda Grou
Kidlit Spotlight: Publishers and authors are answering the need for books that shed light on the refugee experience
Attempting to respond to questions from her own school-aged kids about the war in Syria inspired illustrator Suzanne Del Rizzo to write My Beautiful Birds, a book about a young refugee.