Amplified Voices will help promote 25 books published during the pandemic whose authors identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of colour.
Transatlantic Agency’s Shaun Bradley retiring
Shaun Bradley, a senior agent and founding member of the Transatlantic Agency, is retiring after 20 years at the agency.
Rights Deals: Genevieve Scott, Yann Martel + four more

Bestsellers: David A. Robertson has had books on the bestsellers lists for a combined 118 weeks
The prolific author and two-time Governor General’s Award winner has had multiple bestselling titles over the past year.
Distribution change: Inhabit Education Books
New anthology of Filipino-Canadian writing calling for submissions
Submissions of original, unpublished prose will be accepted until Jan. 31, 2022.

Kids’ Books of the Year: Canada’s book community shares its top children’s titles of 2021
Rights Deals: Drew Hayden Taylor, Derek Mascarenhas + three more
Rights Deals: Nick Cutter and Andrew F. Sullivan, Hazel Jane Plante + 11 more
2021 Cundill History Prize winner announced
Historian Marjoleine Kars has won the $75,000 (U.S.) 2021 Cundill History Prize.