A Canada Customs book seizure that prompted a mail-in campaign has been reversed after its content, originally suspected of violating Canada’s obscenity laws, was judged to have “artistic merit.”British author Charlotte Cooper’s book Cherry, an ... Read More »

Canada’s copyright licensing agency launched its new online database yesterday as part of an overall revamp that includes digital reproduction licensing, an updated agreement with rightsholders, and a new name. Fred Wardle, executive director of ... Read More »

Yann Martel’s novel Life of Pi just may become the Canadian publishing hit of the year – a year after it was published. In the two days since the Booker Prize gala in England, Life ... Read More »

Less than three months after joining Lobster Press as editor-in-chief, Kathryn Cole says she is no longer working with the company.Cole, who was previously publisher of Stoddart Kids, declined to elaborate on her departure, except ... Read More »

Vanderhaeghe’s The Last Crossing (McClelland & Stewart) pulled in three nominations for this year’s Saskatchewan Book Awards, including book of the year, while Frances Greenslade’s A Pilgrim in Ireland (Penguin Canada) ended up on four ... Read More »

It’s been a tough year for independent Canadian presses, but they were the big winners yesterday as the Canada Council unveiled the nominees for this year’s Governor General’s Literary Awards.Yesterday’s announcement was especially sweet for ... Read More »

Fitzhenry & Whiteside will take over the distribution of Stewart House Publishing on Nov. 1, while Stewart House will maintain its own customer service and its own accounts receivable, sources close to the companies say. ... Read More »

Viking Canada has signed a 10-book, two-year deal with former Stoddart author Phil Edmonston, creator of the Lemon-Aid automotive guides series.Viking editorial director Andrea Crozier says Viking will publish four Lemon-Aid titles in 2003 and ... Read More »

More than a decade after Stoddart picked up rights to David Chilton’s self-published hit, The Wealthy Barber, the author is once again going it alone. Now that Stoddart has collapsed into bankruptcy, Chilton says he ... Read More »