A quarter-century after appearing on the Prairies publishing scene in Winnipeg, Great Plains Publications is seeing changes in its leadership.
Kobo acquires audio rights to Plum Johnson’s They Left Us Everything; film/TV rights for Deborah Campbell’s A Disappearance in Damascus
Distribution change: Georgetown Publications
Distribution change: Holiday House
Revisiting The Landing with John Ibbitson, 10 years later
Ten years after winning the Governor General’s Literary Award for children’s literature, the historical YA novel The Landing by John Ibbitson is being reissued by Kids Can Press, with all the proceeds going to a great cause: the Canadian Children’s Book Centre.
Daily Deals: S&S Canada acquires Marissa Stapley’s new novel; film rights to Hugh MacDonald’s The Last Wild Boy
Address change: Book Publishers Association of Alberta
Carleigh Baker, David Chariandy, Zoey Leigh Peterson up for BC Book Prizes
Catherine Hernandez, Kai Cheng Thom up for Triangle Awards
Kidlit Spotlight: Nancy Vo stakes her claim with an Old West picture-book trilogy
While browsing her local independent bookstore in 2011, Nancy Vo had an “aha” moment. She had just discovered Jon Klassen’s bestseller I Want My Hat Back: “I was floored and thought, ‘How did a picture book just do that to me?’ It sealed the deal – I was on a path to making kids’ books.”
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