They call themselves the Tolkien task force.They’re made up of representatives from HarperCollins Canada’s marketing, sales, and production divisions, as well as a freelance publicist hired specifically for the project. Their mission is to co-ordinate ... Read More »

Has the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks led to a slowdown in rights sales to New York publishers? Dean Cooke certainly thinks so. The Livingston Cooke, Curtis Brown Canada agent has decided not ... Read More »

In recent years Turnstone Press has been known for its fiction titles. But under new managing editor Todd Besant, Turnstone will also be looking to build a larger non-fiction list.Last month Besant, 40, left his ... Read More »

Should the Canadian book trade prepare itself for a slowdown in sales this Christmas? Not necessarily. Canadian book retailers are ordering cautiously in the run-up to the holiday buying season, but are hopeful that as ... Read More »

It’s been a stormy year for Blizzard Publishing. The Winnipeg drama publisher has faced mounting debt, missed royalty payments, and the impending divorce of co-owners Peter Atwood and Anna Synenko. Atwood, who has bought out ... Read More »

An early-November refinancing deal with TD Bank and Scotiabank created some much-needed breathing room for Stoddart Publishing and General Distribution Services, which moved immediately to begin paying up overdue accounts. But even as chairman Jack ... Read More »

Canadian authors interested in imparting advice to young hopefuls have another month to contribute to The Canadian Writer’s Guide. The Canadian Authors Association (CAA), which oversees the guide, is seeking submissions for the new edition; ... Read More »

Nino Ricci has scored his first foreign sale for Testament, his forthcoming novel from Doubleday Canada. The title has been sold for an an undisclosed six-figure sum (U.S.) to editor Anton Mueller at Houghton Mifflin.Ricci’s ... Read More »

Though Peter Gzowski was best known as a broadcaster, he was also closely identified with the literary world as an author and commentator. So his death last week has reverberated throughout bookstores across Canada. Some ... Read More »