The Lillian H. Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library has a long association with children’s literature. Its origins date back to 1922, when the Boys and Girls House Library, the first library in the British Empire aimed exclusively at children, opened. The Boys and Girls House was replaced in 1995 by a new branch, named for Smith, who headed the TPL’s children’s services for 40 years.
Daily Deals: M&S acquires new Saleema Nawaz novel; BookThug to publish new poetry by Gwen Benaway
McClelland & Stewart senior editor Anita Chong has acquired Canadian English-language rights to a new novel by 2016 Canada Reads finalist Saleema Nawaz.
Address Change: Canadian Publishers’ Council
The Canadian Publishers’ Council has relocated.
Daily Deals: Five Rivers Publishing acquires sci-fi from Tanah Haney
Five Rivers Publishing editor Sara Firmani has acquired Peterborough, Ontario, author Tanah Haney’ science-fiction novel, Fractal Theory.
Canadian publishers reflect on the successes and the political talk from this year’s AWP Conference
Politics were on everyone’s mind at this year’s Association of Writers & Writing Programs’s annual conference and book fair.
Daily Deals: MIRA to publish new domestic suspense by Hannah McKinnon
Harlequin editor Michelle Meade has acquired world rights to a domestic suspense novel by Oakville, Ontario, author Hannah McKinnon.
Daily Deals: S&S Canada acquires memoir by aunt of drowned Syrian boy, Alan Kurdi
Simon & Schuster Canada vice-president and editorial director Nita Pronovost and editor Brendan May have acquired a memoir by Tima Kurdi.
Daily Deals: Winnipeg author’s “most-read story” on Wattpad sells in five languages
Chicago independent press Sourcebooks has acquired world English-language rights to Winnipeg writer Isabelle Ronin’s Chasing Red, which was Wattpad’s most-read story of 2016 with more than 126 million views.
Orca picture book on refugee experience raises $30,000 for charity
Orca Book Publishers has seen much success with its fundraising efforts to aid refugee resettlement agencies.
Toronto literary agents join open submission call for Muslim authors
More than 75 literary agents, including three Torontonians, have joined an open submission call for Muslim writers.
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