Rights Deals: Jack Mitchell, Mahak Jain, Anu Chouhan + 2 more

“People triumph:” Lillian Allen on joy and resistance
Dub poet Lillian Allen has been finding joy in the spoken and written word since she was asked to recite a poem in church as a child.
Rights Deals: Darrel McLeod, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr., and Shane Hawk
Second Story Press announces winners of the 2021 Indigenous Writing Contest
On June 24, Hali Heavy Shield, a Blackfoot storyteller, and Heather O’Watch, a Nakota and Plains Cree woman from the Okanese First Nation, were named co-winners of Second Story Press’s 2021 Indigenous Writing Contest.
Rights Deals: Jennifer Robertson, Stephen Kimber + 4 more
55-year-old ISER Books becomes Memorial University Press
ISER Books, which has been around for 55 years, has now become Memorial University Press.

A biography of Anne of Green Gables’ first Japanese translator has Uzma Jalaluddin reminiscing about her childhood hero
Personnel changes: The Rights Factory
Emily St. John Mandel to publish sixth novel in 2022
The Sea of Tranquility will be published by HarperCollins Canada next spring.