Over the next few weeks Canadian book trade players will get another chance to weigh in on the digital copyright debate. Canadian Heritage’s copyright policy branch is holding a series of consultations in March and ... Read More »

Twenty-five years after it first hit bookstores, the Canadian children’s book Hug Me is back in an anniversary edition.Originally published in 1977 by Fitzhenry & Whiteside, the book fell out of print in the mid-1990s ... Read More »

Harlequin Enterprises continues to be a strong performer for parent company Torstar. The romance publisher’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) rose 5%, from $108-million in 2000 to $114.1-million in 2001. (Operating revenues ... Read More »

A display of Ian Rankin titles in Halifax’s Frog Hollow Books has won owner Mary Jo Anderson a trip to Edinburgh, Scotland, courtesy of McArthur & Company. Anderson placed first in a window display contest ... Read More »

The Halifax International Airport may lose its bookstore after Heritage Canada has blocked an American firm from taking over space currently occupied by Coles.Last year the Airport Authority accepted a bid from Maryland-based HMS Host ... Read More »

A childhood facility for telling lies has turned into a promising writing career for Indian immigrant Anosh Irani.“I knew I could tell a story,” Irani explains, having held his family rapt with fantastic tales about ... Read More »