A 2015 memoir about a Cree trapper’s childhood experiences in a northern residential school has been chosen for the inaugural One Book, One Province Saskatchewan program.
Ask the Agony Editor: Check your ego before writing from a cultural viewpoint that isn’t your own
Because you ask, the Agony Editor answers.
Daily Deals: S&S acquires new middle-grade series; four new titles for Latitude 46
Simon & Schuster Canada children’s book editor Patricia Ocampo has acquired world rights to Yes No Maybe So, is a middle-grade choose-your-own-love-story series.
Ben McNally Books introduces reading series and weekend festival spotlighting women writers
Toronto indie retailer Ben McNally Books is tonight hosting the inaugural event in its new series, In Her Voice.
Daily Deals: KCP Loft acquires new YA novel by Alisha Sevigny
KCP Loft editorial director Kate Egan has acquired World English-language rights to Toronto-based writer Alisha Sevigny’s sophomore YA novel, Summer Constellations.
Daily Deals: Imajin Books acquires novel; sells trilogy foreign rights
Imajin Books publisher Cheryl Tardif has acquired world rights to Kristina Stanley’s new novel, Look the Other Way.
New Brunswick indie Tidewater Books prepares for expansion
Tidewater Books in Sackville, New Brunswick, is expanding to take over the entire 2,000-square-foot storefront it shared with The Crofter Gifts & Toys.
Read Alberta Ebooks project offers more than 1,000 local titles for free
The Book Publishers Association of Alberta and the Alberta Municipal Affairs Public Library Services Branch have teamed up to offer more than 1,000 ebooks for free to the province’s readers.
Agency Change: The Cooke Agency to represent Robert Munsch’s Love You Forever
The Cooke Agency will represent all rights for Robert Munsch’s classic 1986 picture book Love You Forever, on behalf of Bob Munsch Enterprises.
Personnel Changes: The Cooke Agency
The Cooke Agency has hired senior literary assistant Paige Sisley full-time, while Cooke International has hired Hana El Niwairi in the position of rights assistant.