One thing was clear after BookExpo Canada’s Book Summit last Friday: improvements to the trade’s supply chain won’t come overnight. As bookseller Nicholas Hoare – a member of the Book Industry Supply Chain Initiative’s steering ... Read More »

There was a palpable sense of relief as members of the Canadian Booksellers Association emerged from their annual general meeting on Sunday. They didn’t vote their association out of existence, and people did not point ... Read More »

The death of Timothy Findley last Thursday cast a poignant note over this year’s BookExpo Canada conference, which was often marked by impromptu tributes and mourning booksellers.Many booksellers commented on Findley’s generosity and kindness, noting ... Read More »

Although the underlying tensions of the General/Stoddart situation could not be entirely erased by trade show bonhomie, many left BookExpo Canada on Monday with a sense of optimism for a strong fall season and the ... Read More »

It may have taken a team at Amazon more than a year to work out how to best source and ship books for the Canadian market, but judging from a wide range of problems evident ... Read More »

HarperCollins Canada’s remarkable success in 2001 – the year of The Corrections, Clara Callan, and the Tolkien rollout – was capped by a strong showing at the Libris Awards at BookExpo Canada on Sunday. The ... Read More »

Canadian readers will have to wait until fall for a Toronto author’s Samuel Johnson Prize-winning look at the Treaty of Versailles.History professor Margaret MacMillan won the £30,000 Johnson Prize, the U.K.’s richest non-fiction award, earlier ... Read More »

The Association of Canadian Publishers has lowered the Canadian ownership requirement in its membership eligibilty. The move brings the policy in line with Canadian Heritage’s funding guidelines, and also allows two of the ACP’s most ... Read More »