McGraw-Hill Ryerson’s trade revenue continued to drop in the first quarter of 2002 – but a drop in returns has the company anticipating a recovery.Last week the company announced an overall net loss of nearly ... Read More »

The mini-chain McNally Robinson Booksellers has closed one of its children’s book locations and moved its library wholesale arm, Skylight Books, to a new location in downtown Winnipeg. Owner Paul McNally says that over the ... Read More »

The boom in children’s books has prompted a Calgary bookstore to expand. This spring the independent The Owl’s Nest will open a new space devoted to children’s titles. Established in 1974 as a general interest ... Read More »

This afternoon CBC Radio will name the winner of its “Canada Reads” competition – either Michael Ondaatje’s novel In the Skin of a Lion (Vintage Canada) or George Elliott Clarke’s poetry collection Whylah Falls (Raincoast ... Read More »

This year’s Libris Awards nominations, which were announced this week, feature three fewer categories: first-time author, children’s illustrator, and lifetime achievement of an author have been eliminated from the ballot. CBA general manager Susan Dayus ... Read More »

Since leaving her long-held position as Margaret Atwood’s assistant last year, Sarah Cooper has been putting her literary experience to work in the film field. In November Cooper joined The Saint Agency as an agent ... Read More »

A major Canadian newspaper is bucking the trend toward smaller book sections. Beginning Sunday, the Winnipeg Free Press will more than double its book coverage, expanding the section from one to two-and-a-half pages. Free Presswinnipeg-free-press-ups-book-coverage/> ... Read More »

After two books with Knopf Canada, Eden Robinson has signed with McClelland & Stewart for her next novel, Blood Sports. But Robinson was driven not by money – her agent, Denise Bukowski, says M&S’s was ... Read More »

McClelland & Stewart laid off more than half of its sales force and announced several changes in its marketing department on Tuesday, as it more closely integrates its sales and marketing operations with those of ... Read More »

Calgary academic publisher Broadview Press boosted its title output and kept a tight rein on costs on its way to higher sales and profits last year. Broadview’s net sales in the year ending Dec. 31 ... Read More »