Indigo has laid off two buyers and trimmed its buying support staff, according to reports from industry sources.Buyers Nicole Alexander and Margaret Bryant were reportedly let go from the company on Monday, along with three ... Read More »

For the first time since 1984, a Canadian city has hosted the World Fantasy Convention. The four-day gathering of writers, editors, agents, and artists working in the fantasy genre ended in Montreal yesterday, and Canadian ... Read More »

The Bakka Collection, the science fiction imprint inspired by the Toronto specialty bookseller Bakka Bookstore, has found a new home with Calgary’s Red Deer Press. “We’re not setting out to just dabble in [speculative fiction],” ... Read More »

Vancouver author Annabel Lyon has followed her well-praised debut, Oxygen, with a two-book deal with McClelland & Stewart. She has also become the latest in a succession of high-profile authors to decamp to a larger ... Read More »

Thomas Allen & Son has created the new position of director of marketing and publicity to promote its Canadian publishing program – and lured Denise Anderson from a long-held post at Douglas & McIntyre to ... Read More »

Raincoast Books is joining some of Canada’s largest publishers in offering booksellers free shipping within Canada – a move made possible by the Vancouver-based publisher’s new Toronto warehouse. But some restrictions will apply.As of last ... Read More »

Stoddart Publishing and General Distribution Services have struck refinancing deals with two Canadian banks, but chairman Jack Stoddart says it will likely be the end of November before the two companies are fully caught up ... Read More »

Shoot first, talk afterward: Quebec writers and publishers may soon sit down to discuss standard book contract terms – but only after some harsh public words from the province’s writers’ association.The Association nationale des éditeurs ... Read More »

A young adult novel from Groundwood Books is getting international attention for its unexpected topicality.Sales of The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis have been steadily climbing since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks; the book has also ... Read More »