University of King’s College names inaugural director of writing and publishing
Gillian Turnbull has been named the inaugural director of writing and publishing at the University of King’s College in Halifax.

2023 Spring Preview: Fiction and Poetry

2023 Spring Preview: Books for Young People – Picture Books
Invisible Publishing launches first novel prize in collaboration with York University
The winning manuscript will be published by Invisible in 2024-25 and the writer will be awarded a $1,000 advance against royalties as well as a $3,000 prize.
Personnel changes: The Rights Factory
Rights Deals: Alan Bradley, foreign rights for Maureen Jennings + five more

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Toula Drimonis on her runaway success and Quebec’s politics of immigration
We, the Others: Allophones, Immigrants and Belonging in Canada (Linda Leith Publishing) chronicles Drimonis’s own family history and delves into the discrimination faced by Italians, Jews, Cambodians, Vietnamese, Sudanese and Syrians in the province.