Raincoast Books has announced the Canadian price for the fifth Harry Potter title. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will retail for $43 in Canada – a previously unheard-of price tag for a ... Read More »
December 15, 2003
Higher sales and lower costs helped to drive up third-quarter earnings at Indigo Books and Music, despite a generally weak holiday sales period, the company reported yesterday.Sales across the chain’s superstores, mall stores, and online ... Read More »
December 15, 2003
Long before Newfoundland author Ken Harvey decided to embed tiny patches of his own flesh in promotional copies of his novel Skin Hound, human skin was used to bind a mysterious book that landed in ... Read More »
December 15, 2003
A fledgling Toronto publisher is inviting Canadian writers to submit work to an anti-war anthology.Three Squares Press, Toronto’s newest micro-press, will inaugurate its publishing program with The Common Sky: Canadian Writers Against the War, edited ... Read More »
Co-publishing deals were a key topic at a conference for prairie book publishers held in Winnipeg last week.Publishers from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta convened at the annual Tri-Province Forum for Book Publishers. Among the major ... Read More »
December 15, 2003
Among the busier publishers at the Ontario Library Association trade show in Toronto last week was Lobster Press. Appearing at its first OLA show, the Montreal children’s house drew consistently strong crowds to its booth ... Read More »
December 15, 2003
The court battle over the popular Caillou children’s book series advanced another step last week. Last Friday the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed an arbitrator’s 1997 finding that both writer Christine L’Heureux and illustrator Hélène ... Read More »
December 15, 2003
The Ontario Media Development Corporation has rolled out its most recent funding initiative with little fanfare and a tight deadline. Applications for the first round of BookMark grants – which offer up to $10,000 for ... Read More »
December 15, 2003
A spokesperson for the Ontario Media Development Corporation says there will be no change in the controversial decision to withhold the new Trillium Book Prize for Poetry in the English-language category this year, although the ... Read More »
December 15, 2003 | Filed under: Book links, Book news
Random House of Canada has named Tracey Turriff to the position of vice-president, director of marketing and corporate communications. Turriff will replace Kelly Duffin, who is leaving the company at the end of this month ... Read More »
December 15, 2003 | Filed under: Book news
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