The city of Winnipeg has announced that it is seeking its first-ever Poet Laureate, to be selected this fall.
Personnel Change: ECW Press
Stephanie Strain has joined ECW Press as marketing coordinator.
Daily Deals: Random House acquires Amanda Leduc’s centaur novel | Danish rights for Claire Cameron’s The Last Neanderthal
Knopf Random Canada Group publisher Anne Collins has acquired Canadian English rights to Amanda Leduc’s new novel The Centaur’s Wife.
Award-winning book A Field Guide to Lies receives a new title post-Trump
Daniel J. Levitin’s National Business Book Award–winning A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age is being published under a new name in response to recent socio-political happenings south of the border.
Daily Deals: Penguin U.S. acquires Jen Agg’s memoir, Greystone acquires award-winning Scandinavian baking book
Penguin has acquired U.S. English rights to Jen Agg’s memoir I Hear She’s a Real Bitch, about the Toronto restaurateur’s rise in an industry dominated by ‘bro’ culture and sexism.
Canadian Authors for Indies, now in its third year, struggles to grow
Canadian Authors for Indies is seeing dwindling bookseller participation for its third annual event, taking place across the country on April 29.
Daily Deals: HarperCollins to publish memoir by mental health advocate Mark Henick
HarperCollins editorial director of non-fiction Jim Gifford has acquired world rights to a memoir by Canadian Mental Health Association director Mark Henick.
The challenges of photographing another artist’s work
A new book sheds light on overlooked artists from the Labrador Inuit coastal region of Nunatsiavut.
Daily Deals: Figure 1 to publish cookbook by Lauren Klukas
Figure 1 Publishing has acquired Complete Plate, a cookbook for weight loss and weight maintenance by Calgary food blogger Lauren Klukas.
Picture books and romance among the big hits at the 2017 Bologna book fair
Canadian presses and literary agents reflect on the 2017 Bologna Children’s Book Fair earlier this month.
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