Call it the second-best ticket in town. Book industry types who haven’t been able to snag an invitation to the Giller Prize ceremony on Nov. 5 will be able to watch the gala at a ... Read More »
January 8, 2004
Toronto-based liquidator Century Services has taken over the remaining GDS inventory and will continue to work with authors who wish to buy back their books.Century vice-president Jaimie Dunbar says authors should contact him as soon ... Read More »
January 8, 2004
The Bank of Nova Scotia has the right to hire its own receiver to recover a disputed receivable from Indigo for bankrupt General Distrubution Services, an Ontario court judge ruled yesterday, dismissing a motion by ... Read More »
January 8, 2004
Children’s publisher Lobster Press has laid off six of its eight employees. Kathryn Cole, who was recently hired as editor, and production manager Tammy Desnoyers were kept on. Co-owner Michel Coderre notified staff in Lobster’s ... Read More »
January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
Dennis Bock and the late Michael David Kwan are among the winners of this year’s Canada-Japan Literary Awards. Bock’s novel The Ash Garden (HarperFlamingo Canada) and Kwan’s memoir Things That Must Not Be Forgotten (Macfarlane ... Read More »
January 8, 2004
Toronto’s ECW Press will celebrate its 25th anniversary with an event tomorrow evening at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre.ECW authors will read in Harbourfront’s Brigantine Room, starting at 7:30. Twenty-five writers will appear, each reading for five ... Read More »
January 8, 2004
Ontario minister of culture David Tsubouchi announced a boost in prize money for Ontario’s Trillium Book Award last week, as well as a new related prize for first works of poetry. Following the announcement, he ... Read More »
January 8, 2004
Ontario Minister of Culture David Tsubouchi is expected to announce changes to the Trillium Book Award today that could make winning a little sweeter for the province’s authors.The ministry says Tsubouchi will announce “enhancements” to ... Read More »
January 8, 2004
Ottawa writer Frances Itani has sold world English rights (excluding Canada) to her first novel, Deafening, to Grove Atlantic in the United States as part of a two-book deal worth $275,000 (U.S.), or about $425,000 ... Read More »
January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
A highly anticipated auction of the books and papers of Joseph Smallwood, the late Newfoundland premier, is on hold. Memorial University officials say a portion of the 700 boxes of books, documents, paintings, and other ... Read More »
January 8, 2004
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