To no one’s surprise, wizards and hobbits are leading a strong charge in bookselling this holiday season. Cathy Jesson, owner of the Vancouver mini-chain Black Bond Books, says the Harry Potter and Lord of the ... Read More »

Toronto publisher Malcolm Lester, who decided earlier this summer to curtail the publishing operations of his company Malcolm Lester Books, has reached an agreement for the sale of his 11-title backlist. Two agreements, actually: Stoddart ... Read More »

Giving with one hand and taking with the other, the government of Quebec has slotted $20-million to buy new schoolbooks for Quebec children. But even as the funding was announced at the end of last ... Read More »

The artistic talents of a Waterloo bookstore employee and his wife have won them two free passes to a screening of the first The Lord of the Rings film tonight, courtesy of publisher HarperCollins Canada.Waterloo’s ... Read More »

Even in Canada, where Rohinton Mistry’s 1995 novel A Fine Balance is already well known to readers, the endorsement of Oprah Winfrey’s book club has made the title a bestseller again. And for publisher McClelland ... Read More »

A celebrity auction held Thursday by Toronto micropublisher Gutter Press will help the house pay its debts, says publisher Sam Hiyate. But it also helpfully established suggested retail prices for dates with a couple of ... Read More »