The Canadian Encyclopedia will remain freely available online at least until the spring of 2004. This month the federal government committed $2-million over the next two years to the Historica Foundation, which maintains the Encyclopedia ... Read More »

“All product 75% off unless marked,” read the signs at the book tables. “Cash only,” read another in front of the checkout area.In an effort to raise money, the financially troubled General Distribution Services opened ... Read More »

Key Porter Books has moved some sales duties to its new distributor, H.B. Fenn and Company. Beginning July 1, Fenn will begin selling the Key Porter list to independents.Key Porter will continue to sell to ... Read More »

In an effort to bring copyright issues to the attention of Canadian youth, the copyright licensing agency CanCopy is holding an essay writing contest for students aged 13-25.With the help of Canada Book Day organizers, ... Read More »

Booksellers and librarians have encountered a surge of interest in Michael Ondaatje’s In the Skin of a Lion, after the 1987 novel won the CBC Radio “Canada Reads” competition on Tuesday.Many bookstores are reporting brisk ... Read More »

Several Canadian publishers handled by General Distribution Services were seeking alternate distribution this week as fears mounted throughout the industry that the distributor’s ongoing financial problems were approaching a crisis point.This weekend GDS will hold ... Read More »

Shields wins Taylor Prize for Austen bio – Carol Shields won the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction yesterday for Jane Austen, her biography of the 18th-century English novelist. The $25,000 prize is awarded once ... Read More »

A new literary festival is planned for Edmonton this October, filling a void that’s existed in the city since 2000, when The Word Is Out book fair ceased operation after 17 years.The two-day event, tentatively ... Read More »