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Incoming CBA president resigns from board

At a time of major uncertainty for independent booksellers, the current vice-president and incoming president of the Canadian Booksellers Association has stepped down. Lee Trentadue, owner of Galiano Island Books in B.C., sent a resignation ... Read More »

November 28, 2011

Collected Works Bookstore adopts community-supported model to fund growth

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Last week, Ottawa’s Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeebar launched the Turn a Page gift-card program to help fund its in-store renovations. Store co-owner Christopher Smith describes the initiative as “higher ticketed gift certificates with a ... Read More »

November 28, 2011

Books of the year 2011: fiction

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What makes a book of the year? There's no formula for deciding. Some are critical darlings, some are word-of-mouth favourites. Some introduce us to important new voices, some represent the best work from established authors. ... Read More »

November 28, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Books of the Year

Address change: McArthur & Company

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Effective Dec. 21, McArthur & Company will move from its King Street location to 67 Mowat Ave., Suite 241, ... Read More »

November 25, 2011

League of Canadian Poets announces award to honour Raymond Souster

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The League of Canadian Poets plans to name a new literary award after Raymond Souster, a league founder and one of Canada’s most enduring poets. Known for establishing the Contact Reading Series, a precursor to ... Read More »

November 24, 2011

Deals: A pair of memoirs for Dundurn, and more

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Dundurn Press associate publisher Michael Carroll has acquired the memoir My Double Life: Sexty Years of Farquharson Around with Don Harn by Don Harron, an entertainer best known for his characters Charlie Farquharson and Valerie ... Read More »

November 24, 2011

Dave Bidini

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Hail hero

November 24, 2011

“Giller effect” in full swing for Half-Blood Blues

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Sales for Esi Edugyan’s Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning novel, Half-Blood Blues (Thomas Allen Publishers), have swelled nearly 500 per cent since the Nov. 8 prize announcement, according to BookNet Canada, making the book a beneficiary of ... Read More »

November 22, 2011

Distribution change: Codasat Canada

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Effective Jan. 1, 2012, Codasat Canada will be the exclusive Canadian distributor for the Jewish Publication Society, except for the following titles: Etz Hayim (9780827607125), Etz Hayim gift edition (9780827607477), Etz Hayim travel-size edition (9780827608047), ... Read More »

November 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian fiction

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Esi Edugyan’s Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning novel, Half-Blood Blues, tops this week’s list of Canadian fiction bestsellers, followed closely by Giller-shortlisted titles The Cat’s Table (#2) by Michael Ondaatje and The Sisters Brothers (#5) by Patrick ... Read More »

November 21, 2011

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Incoming CBA president resigns from board

Collected Works Bookstore adopts community-supported model to fund growth

Books of the year 2011: fiction

Address change: McArthur & Company

League of Canadian Poets announces award to honour Raymond Souster

Deals: A pair of memoirs for Dundurn, and more

Dave Bidini

“Giller effect” in full swing for Half-Blood Blues

Distribution change: Codasat Canada

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian fiction

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