The inaugural Diaspora Book Fair is slated to take place at Toronto's Mel Lastman Square on Saturday, Aug. 8. The fair, founded by a group of publishing professionals who began hosting a series of book ... Read More »
August 6, 2015
The Silver Snail comic store has announced the shuttering of its Ottawa location after 25 years in business, citing a lack of foot traffic due to the "economic downtown" in a blog post. The news ... Read More »
August 6, 2015 | Filed under: Bookselling
Dr. Seuss's What Pet Should I Get? breaks record for Random House Children's Books' fastest-selling picture book. "The aesthetic of art is primal and private – it’s a guts-deep aesthetic that is not only losing its potency ... Read More »
August 6, 2015 | Filed under: Book links
Vancouver-based Figure 1 Publishing has taken on a new endeavour with Whistler, B.C.'s Audain Art Museum, helmed by vice-president and associate publisher Richard Nadeau. Preceding the 56,000-square-foot museum's opening in January 2016, Figure 1 will ... Read More »
August 5, 2015
Effective Jan. 1, 2016, Toronto-based children's publisher Annick Press will be represented by Ampersand Inc. and distributed by University of Toronto Press in Canada and by Publishers Group West in the U.S. The press's current distributor, Firefly ... Read More »
August 5, 2015
Effective immediately, Toronto's Second Story Press is taking part in University of Toronto Press's program offering ... Read More »
August 5, 2015
Kobo's partnership with American Booksellers Association to sell ebooks in indie bookstores shows little success. "George sent out 50 queries, and had his manuscript requested 17 times. He is eight and a half times better ... Read More »
August 5, 2015 | Filed under: Book links
Pierre Lassonde has been appointed the new chair of the Canada Council for the Arts' board of directors following former chair Joseph L. Rotman's passing in January. Lassonde, a Toronto–based businessman and philanthropist, is a ... Read More »
August 4, 2015
World rights to The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy author Sam Maggs’ forthcoming non-fiction book on women in "geekdom" and the world ... Read More »
August 4, 2015
The Strand publishes never-before-seen short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Academics create formula to solve Agatha Christie mysteries. Michigan bookstore offers refunds for Go Set a Watchman because the book isn't "a nice summer novel." ... Read More »
August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Book links
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