William Weintraub, Montreal writer and filmmaker, dead at 91
When William Weintraub’s debut novel, Why Rock the Boat?, was released in 1961, the author’s former colleagues at the Montreal Gazette might have been forgiven for feeling that the title was just a tad ironic.
Daily Deals: Foreign deals from CookeMcDermid and Cooke International
Personnel Changes: Figure 1 Publishing
Daily Deals: DCB acquires YA novel by Holly Dobbie; Leona Gom’s The Y Chromosome optioned for film
Daily Deals: Derek Mascarenhas debut to BookThug; foreign deals for Claire Cameron and Alan Bradley
Distribution Change: Llewellyn Publications
Q&A: Cherie Dimaline on her award-winning week
The author of The Marrow Thieves found out she won the $50,000 Kirkus Prize as she was searching her desk for loose change for transit.
Q&A: Allison Hirst on acquiring and editing mysteries
Allison Hirst is Dundurn’s resident woman of mystery. The developmental editor is responsible for a variety of non-fiction titles and crime mysteries, including Steve Burrows’ popular Birder Murder books, Nick Wilkshire’s new Foreign Affairs series, and Janet Kellough’s “brilliant historical series,” the Thaddeus Lewis Mysteries.
The NHL has some serious issues to address. A few players, including Ken Dryden, are willing to tell their stories
Two things will be as certain this hockey season as the likelihood that the Toronto Maple Leafs will break the hearts of their loyal fans: the NHL will have to deal with some serious issues, and there is an ever-increasing appetite in Canada for books about hockey.
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