A new component of the Winnipeg International Writers’ Festival could help bring the Word on the Street festival to the city.On Sept. 29, the festival will host a free outdoor event, Wordwalk: Manitoba’s Book and ... Read More »

Evangelical publisher Augsburg Fortress Canada will now distribute Simon & Schuster’s Christian books to the Canadian Christian market, following a deal with Distican.Augsburg will sell and distribute Christian titles culled from eight Simon & Schuster ... Read More »

The Literary Press Group has launched a new distribution service for its members, with Fraser Direct Distribution Services handling fulfillment and warehousing.David Caron, executive director of the Literary Press Group, says the first LPG Distribution ... Read More »

A Canadian creative team has optioned the film rights for a debut novel by Mary-Lou Zeitoun.The option for 13, about an alienated Catholic schoolgirl seeking to escape suburban Ottawa in 1980, was sold to director ... Read More »

In an unusual move, one of this fall’s major international titles will sport an only-in-Canada cover. And the Canadian cover avoids the sexual themes that are prominent on the international designs.American author Jeffrey Eugenides’ new ... Read More »

A team of inspectors was appointed at a General Distribution Services creditors’ meeting last Friday. But an attempt by some creditors to replace Deloitte & Touche as the GDS trustee was blocked.The inspectors include Hushion ... Read More »

New Brunswick’s public libraries have launched an ambitious membership drive, hoping to gain an additional 4,000 cardholders by Oct. 10.The campaign targets both the general public as well as a number of provincial groups whose ... Read More »

Proceeds from Toronto and Vancouver events for Deborah Ellis’s new children’s novel set in Afghanistan will go toward aid work in that country.In Toronto, the children’s bookstore Mabel’s Fables, which is organizing a launch for ... Read More »

A partnership between HarperCollins Canada, Air Canada, and Amazon.ca will bring audiobook excerpts to Air Canada flights this fall.Beginning this month, SKYword, a new in-flight audio channel for Air Canada, will feature author interviews and ... Read More »

Eleven Yukon poets will help move their audience as Whitehorse becomes the latest community in Canada to launch a selection of poetry on its transit buses.The city’s entire fleet of 11 buses will be involved ... Read More »