The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal in a copyright case later this year that could have major implications for publishers and creators.The appeal, brought by The Law Society of Canada, will focus ... Read More »

Dennis Bock’s novel The Ash Garden has made the shortlist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the world’s richest single-title book prize.Bock, who lives in Guelph, Ontario, is now planning a trip to Ireland ... Read More »

HarperCollins U.S. has paid a reported seven figures for world English rights, excluding Canada, to Ann-Marie MacDonald’s second novel, The Way the Crow Flies.MacDonald’s English-Canadian publisher, Knopf Canada’s Louise Dennys, didn’t confirm the amount, but ... Read More »

Canadian publishing pioneer Peter Martin has died. One of the earliest of the new generation of publishers to emerge in the 1960s, he was known for energy, innovation, and commitment – and, like many Canadian ... Read More »

After three years, three printings, and 3,000 copies sold, Thistledown Press has sold the Canadian rights to Susan Juby’s young adult novel Alice, I Think. HarperCollins Canada will reissue the book this spring.The deal follows ... Read More »

Indigo will close a North Vancouver location at the end of this month, citing oversaturation in the area. “We had two stores within a few minutes of each other ... It makes sense to close ... Read More »

An online list of writing contests open to Canadian hopefuls has a new home. For the past six years, Ottawa poet E. Russell Smith has maintained Smith’s List, which details ongoing contests. But after Smith ... Read More »