Viking Canada to Publish Book Five in Millennium Series

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TORONTO, November 18, 2016 – The worldwide #1 bestselling Millennium series of novels will continue in September with the publication of book five in the series, written by David Lagercrantz and featuring the return of its two iconic protagonists, Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist. The announcement was made today by Nicole Winstanley, Publisher of Penguin Canada, in concert with Millennium publishers around the world. The title of the fifth book in the series will be announced at a later date.

Penguin Random House Launches #ProjectReadathon Million Minutes Campaign April 17-23

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New York, NY … April 17, 2017 – Penguin Random House, the world’s largest trade book publisher, today announced the launch of its #ProjectReadathon Million Minutes campaign, giving readers the chance to help young readers in local communities throughout North America.  From April 17 – 23, the week leading up to UNESCO’s World Book and Copyright Day, readers will be invited to visit a speciall

Hazlitt Nominated for Six National Magazine Awards!

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We are very pleased to share the fantastic news that Hazlitt has been recognized with nominations for SIX National Magazine Awards in this the 40th year of the awards.

Congratulations to editor-in-chief Jordan Ginsberg, senior editor Haley Cullingham, and fiction editor Kiara Kent on this remarkable recognition of their outstanding work. 

The nominations are:

McClelland & Stewart to Mark Publication of INTO THE FIRE: THE FIGHT TO SAVE FORT MCMURRY with $20,000 Donation

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April 24, 2017 (Toronto): McClelland & Stewart and Jerron Hawley, Graham Hurley, and Steve Sackett will donate $20,000 to the Fort McMurray Firefighters’ Association to mark the publication of their book Into the Fire: The Fight to Save Fort McMurray. The co-authors are members of the city’s fire department and the donation will be directed to the work of the Association’s Relief Fund.

Penguin Random House Canada Announces Multi-Book Deal with Aquanaut Jill Heinerth

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May 4, 2017. Toronto, Canada –Penguin Random House Canada is proud to announce the signing of a four-book deal with renowned underwater explorer Jill Heinerth. The first of two adult titles, Into the Planet, is scheduled for publication by Doubleday Canada in Fall of 2018. The first of two children’s books with Tundra Books will follow in 2019. Literary agent Rick Broadhead of Rick Broadhead &Associates completed the deal.

Penguin Canada to Publish Follow-up to International Bestseller The Little Book of Hygge

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May 4, 2017. Toronto, Canada  Publishing Director Andrea Magyar is proud to announce the forthcoming publication of The Little Book of Lykke: Secrets of the World’s Happiest People by Meik Wiking on October 31, 2017, under the Penguin Canada imprint. The deal was brokered with Chantal Noel, Rights Director, Penguin Random House U.K.

Penguin Canada to Publish Definitive Gordon Lightfoot Biography by Acclaimed Music Journalist Nicholas Jennings

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May 9, 2017. Toronto, Canada - Penguin Canada Publisher Nicole Winstanley and Publishing Director Diane Turbide are proud to announce the forthcoming publication of LIGHTFOOT by Nicholas Jennings. The book will be published under the Viking Canada imprint on September 26, 2017; the deal was negotiated by agent Jackie Kaiser of Westwood Creative Artists.

Alfred A. Knopf Canada to Publish The Definitive Jann Wenner Biography in October

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Toronto, May 29, 2017 – Over the course of five decades, Jann Wenner has put an indelible stamp on North American culture. As founding editor of Rolling Stone, Wenner and his trailblazing magazine came to embody the freewheeling excesses of the sixties, shaping and reporting on a countercultural narrative that still exists today. As a subject, however, Wenner has proved elusive, successfully avoiding the inquiries of biographers and resisting biography… until now.

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