The Frankfurt Book Fair is still rebounding from last year’s diminished U.S. presence. But even though hall traffic was lighter than normal, most Canadian publishers reported healthy drop-in business. “I haven’t been able to leave ... Read More »

Style maven Martha Stewart has launched a weekly author interview segment on Martha Stewart Living, and Canadian writers Yann Martel and Timothy Taylor will be among the first novelists to appear on the television show ... Read More »

“It’s going to be very tight,” says Douglas & McIntyre’s Susan McIntosh, but David Suzuki’s new book should be on the shelves in time for a CBC television tie-in this fall.The Sacred Balance: A Visual ... Read More »

The first meetings for creditors of bankrupt General Publishing and General Distribution Services have been set for next week. But as expected, reports from trustee Deloitte & Touche show little hope of unsecured creditors recouping ... Read More »

A Toronto academic publisher is poised to acquire the scholarly sales agency Cariad.Jack Wayne, president and publisher of Canadian Scholars’ Press, says his company has signed a letter of intent to purchase Cariad’s assets and ... Read More »

Random House of Canada is looking for a new associate publisher for the Vintage Canada imprint as Susan Roxborough prepares to leave the company next month.Roxborough, a 12-year veteran of Random, will leave for New ... Read More »

The Canadian Booksellers Association and Indigo are hoping for a quick ruling on their joint court action to force the Department of Canadian Heritage to conduct an investment review of Amazon.ca. But a federal government ... Read More »

Indigo says a year-long effort to reduce the number of slow-moving titles it stocks is paying off in strong sales growth in superstores. The chain recorded a 7.8% gain in comparable superstore sales in its ... Read More »

Ontario publishers hoping to access new provincial funding have until Oct. 7 to submit business plans to the Ontario Media Development Corporation. Michel Frappier, CEO at the OMDC, says money will be released as soon ... Read More »

Four Canadian authors have made the longlist for this year’s Booker Prize. Joan Barfoot’s Critical Injuries (Key Porter Books), Yann Martel’s Life of Pi (Knopf Canada), Rohinton Mistry’s Family Matters (McClelland & Stewart), and Carol ... Read More »