Personnel change: Transatlantic Agency
Distribution change: Shoebox Media
How to celebrate I Read Canadian Day
Launched in 2020, I Read Canadian Day is a nationwide celebration of Canadian literature for young readers.
Writers’ Trust launches $60,000 prize for public-policy writing
The prize is part of tech entrepreneur Jim Balsillie’s $3 million commitment to the Writers’ Trust.
Dundurn Press unveils new logo, imprint, and mandate
The logo is intended to symbolize the company’s new openness.
Personnel change: The Rights Factory
Rachna Gilmore, prolific children’s book author, has died
In 1999, Gilmore was awarded the Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature for A Screaming Kind of Day.
Rights Deals: Naben Ruthnum, Lindsay Wong + 17 more
Jen Sookfong Lee, Pia Singhal join ECW as acquiring editors
Lee will begin in July and Singhal begins this month.