Indie bookseller Curiosity House Books has “tested the waters” with a number of book-publishing projects, with its latest serving as an experiment for the Creemore, Ontario, shop.
Daily Deals: M&S to publish thriller by Eleanor Catton
McClelland & Stewart publisher Jared Bland has acquired Canadian rights to New Zealand-Canadian Booker Prize—winning author Eleanor Catton’s third novel
Poetry sales rose 79 per cent in 2016, credited to Rupi Kaur’s milk and honey
Poetry sales rose dramatically last year, thanks to Rupi Kaur’s blockbuster debut collection milk and honey.
Daily Deals: Knopf acquires new titles by Miriam Toews and Rawi Hage; Penguin Teen to publish two YA novels by Jo Treggiari
Knopf Canada publishing director Lynn Henry has acquired new books by accoladed authors Miriam Toews and Rawi Hage, while Penguin Teen Canada will publish two new YA novels by Jo Treggiari.
Canadian agents, publishers on what they’re taking to this year’s London Book Fair
Members of the Canadian book trade discuss which books they’ll be promoting at this year’s London Book Fair.
Daily Deals: D&M to publish two memoirs by Cree writer Darrel J. McLeod
Harlequin launches general fiction and narrative non-fiction imprint, aiming to tell “good stories”
Harlequin is making its first foray into the narrative non-fiction market with its new imprint, Hanover Square Press.
Daily Deals: PRH acquires poet Ian Williams’s debut novel; Anansi to publish Katherena Vermette’s second book of poetry
Random House has acquired poet Ian Williams’s debut novel, while House of Anansi will publish Katherena Vermette’s second book of poetry.
Daily Deals: Foreign deals for Alice Kuipers, Roz Nay, Glenn Dixon
Foreign-rights deals for titles by Alice Kuipers, Roz Nay, Glenn Dixon, Alexandre Trudeau, Jay Ingram, and Marc Lewis.
Personnel Change: Library Services Centre
Kitchener, Ontario–based Library Services Centre has announced the hire of David Lewis in the position of library service representative, effective March 13.
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