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Canadian Publishers Association Honors Gregory Younging Posthumously
The late Gregory Younging was a widely known and influential figure in Canada’s Indigenous publishing community and in Canadian First Nations relations.
Copyright Advocates Applaud Canada’s Parliamentary Review of Modernization Act
While the recommendations still must be legislated, Canadian publishing sees light at the end of a tunnel, after years of devastating copyright losses.
France’s Lagardère Studios Announces a Book-to-Screen Deal With Wattpad
Wattpad Studios’ screen development portfolio adds France’s Lagardère Studios, a sister company to Hachette Livre.
Nicole Brossard Receives Canada’s Lifetime Griffin Trust Award for Poetry
French-Canadian author Nicole Brossard is named the 2019 recipient of the Griffin Trust’s lifetime achievement award the honor to be conferred June 6.
Canadian Broadcasting’s 2019 Short Story Prize Program Names a Winner
A political science professor at Montreal’s McGill University wins the grand prize in the CBC’s Short Story awards cycle for 2019, with a work that includes immigration and questions of duty in its narrative.
Wattpad in Asia: Singapore’s Mediacorp at APOS; Manila’s Pasion-Flores at Anvil
Amid Wattpad’s April shower of deal announcements, Singapore’s Mediacorp signs on for screen development, and the Philippines’ Andrea Pasion-Flores talks about Anvil’s new co-produced imprint.
Industry Notes: S&S To Launch Tiller Press; Canada’s Transatlantic Lands UK’s Legend Press
Tiller Press, a new S&S imprint, plans to use ‘social listening, research, and analytical capabilities’ as a guide. And Canada’s Transatlantic Agency Signs the UK’s Legend Press.
Books to Film: Sony Pictures Television Partners With Wattpad on Original Programming
Brokered by UTA’s ‘Emerging Platforms’ division, a new first-look co-production deal with Sony boosts Wattpad onto a new level of screen development.
Canada’s Guest of Honor Organizers Gear Up for Literary Programming
Canada announces a three-person literary programming committee for its Guest of Honor cultural program to represent its three literary traditions.