Normand Lester’s recent book, Le Livre noir du Canada anglais, has caused a furor in Quebec: it’s sold 50,000 copies, gotten the author suspended from his Radio-Canada job, and has been a factor in the ... Read More »
January 26, 2004
Mornings spent writing in a coffee shop before work have paid off for young-adult author Susan Juby. Until recently the managing editor of Hartley & Marks Publishers in Vancouver, Juby has signed a six-figure deal ... Read More »
January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
Sixteen publishers participating in a Canadian Heritage loan program may have to look for alternative sources of credit. The Royal Bank of Canada is withdrawing its support, and Canadian Heritage is looking for a new ... Read More »
January 26, 2004
Five months after acquiring a 49% stake in CDG Books, John Wiley & Sons Canada has announced plans to shut down the Canadian Dummies guides publisher, lay off 17 employees, and put CDG’s Macmillan Canada ... Read More »
January 26, 2004
The Lionel Gelber Prize has boosted its international profile with a new partnership with a Washington-based political magazine.Foreign Policy, a journal turned glossy consumer magazine, will feature regular content about the Gelber finalists and winner. ... Read More »
January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
The Toronto Public Library is marking International Children’s Book Day on Apr. 2 with a Dennis Lee promotion and an effort to sign up 5,000 junior kindergarten children for new library cards.The library will host ... Read More »
January 26, 2004
To celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2003, the National Library of Canada is staging “The International Forum on Canadian Children’s Literature: The Fun of Reading” in Ottawa on June 23-26, 2003. Josiane Polidori, head of ... Read More »
January 26, 2004
A new reading program launched in Nova Scotia aims to promote early literacy skills by providing every new baby in the province with their first books. Launched in January by Halifax’s IWK Health Centre in ... Read More »
January 26, 2004
Three Canadian university presses are looking for a new distributor after being told by Raincoast Books that their accounts will be dropped this summer.UBC Press, University of Alberta Press, and University of Calgary Press were ... Read More »
January 26, 2004
Authors Barbara Gowdy and Thomas King, along with academic Bill New, have been selected as the jurors for the 2002 Giller Prize. They will announce their choices for this year’s shortlist on Oct. 3, and ... Read More »
January 26, 2004
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