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Canada’s Kids Can Press Finds Rights Interest in Timely Titles at Frankfurt

In Feature Articles by Carla DouglasNovember 6, 2018Leave a Comment

Toronto-based Kids Can Press reports strong international interest at Frankfurter Buchmesse for the publisher’s issue-driven list of upcoming titles.

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Rights Roundup: From Global Population Issues to Fascism—and Some Welcome ‘Finesse’

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonNovember 2, 2018Leave a Comment

A pair of co-authors and an author-illustrator duo are included in our group of writers whose work is found in the titles you’ll find here in our rights roundup, brought to us by literary agents and rights directors.

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Readers Begin Voting on SyFy Pilots of Wattpad’s ‘Expiration Date’

In News by Porter AndersonOctober 23, 2018Leave a Comment

Wattpad and SyFy now open voting for one of three television adaptations of a new book, ‘Expiration Date,’ which has 55 million reads on the platform so far.

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BookNet Canada: Sci-Fi, Women Leading Audiobook Consumption

In News by Porter AndersonOctober 18, 2018Leave a Comment

Canadians say they listen to audiobooks while doing other things. In 2018, 54 percent of those surveyed by BookNet Canada prefer to listen on their phones.

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Arctic Circle Publishing: Inhabit Media Makes Its Frankfurt Debut

In News by Carla DouglasOctober 17, 2018Leave a Comment

Deciding to open foreign rights sales as ‘something we needed to do for our authors,’ the Inuit-owned publishing house Inhabit Media has staged its arrival at Frankfurter Buchmesse, on the ramp up to Canada’s stint as Guest of Honor in 2020.

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At Frankfurt’s ‘The Markets’ Conference: Pieter Swinkels of Rakuten Kobo

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonOctober 8, 2018Leave a Comment

‘We allow other industries to cannibalize what used to be time devoted to books,’ says Rakuten Kobo’s Pieter Swinkels ahead of his appearance at Frankfurt’s The Markets conference.

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Wattpad Announces 600 New 2018 Watty Awards in 10 Languages

In News by Porter AndersonOctober 8, 2018Leave a Comment

A total 60 awards in 12 categories are named in each of 10 languages from a record-breaking 362,423 entries, for the 2018 Watty Awards.

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Wattpad To Beta-Test a Payment Plan for Writers: Canada, UK, Philippines, Mexico

In News by Porter AndersonOctober 2, 20182 Comments

The quietly implemented Wattpad Next beta is limited to four markets and uses a select group of writers. But this short-term program could mean a lasting change for writers and readers who want to reward them for their stories.

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Canada’s Cundill History Prize Announces Its 2018 Shortlist

In News by Porter AndersonSeptember 25, 2018Leave a Comment

From studies of the Vatican and politics to climate change and factories’ impact on societies, the Cundill History Prize shortlist for this year is notable, according to the jury chair, for its authors’ craftsmanship.

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Books to Film: Author Patrick deWitt on Seeing His ‘Sisters Brothers’ on Screen

In Feature Articles by Olivia SnaijeSeptember 21, 20182 Comments

‘I enjoyed the experience of seeing the movie,’ the Canadian author says–but only on his second viewing. Seeing his work go to the screen, Patrick deWitt says, takes some getting used to.

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