Canadian Heritage has reached a new three-year deal with Canada Post for the Library Book Rate, a program that allows libraries to mail printed material to other libraries at a reduced rate. The new agreement ... Read More »

An increase in Canada Council funding has meant healthy top-ups for the latest grants to Canadian publishers: McClelland & Stewart has received an additional $25,900, while 25 other companies have gotten more than $20,000. And ... Read More »

New exhibition space for record companies and video distributors, a kitchen for cookbook demonstrations, and the return of Book Television will mark an expanded BookExpo Canada trade show in June. Reed Exhibition Companies Canada has ... Read More »

A new director of religious sales at HarperCollins Canada will mean a more focused approach to selling the Zondervan line into special markets, says vice-president of trade and religious sales Lloyd Kelly.Carl Teeple has joined ... Read More »

Canadian author appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show haven’t been limited to “Oprah’s Book Club” lately. Activist Craig Kielburger was on the show this week, while death-defying journalist Ian Stewart’s scheduled appearance next week has ... Read More »

A Diary Between Friends, a Sept. 11-themed gift book released last month, can be found in bookstores across Canada. But its availability could have been much more limited: publisher McClelland & Stewart says Indigo Booksa-diary-between-friends/> ... Read More »

The sale of Quill & Quire parent company Key Media to printer and publisher St. Joseph was announced yesterday. The sale price was not disclosed. No structural or staff changes were made, and for the ... Read More »

British Columbia Library Service’s 27-year-old audiobook program has fallen victim to provincial government budget cuts. The program, which produced 200 audio titles each year free of charge for the province’s libraries, is scheduled to close ... Read More »