A possible U.S.-led war against Iraq hasn’t put a damper on registrations for this year’s London Book Fair, which runs next Sunday through Tuesday. Fair officials are predicting the largest attendance in the fair’s history, ... Read More »

Longtime Random House of Canada spokesperson Kelly Duffin will leave the company at the end of this month after signing on as president and CEO of The Canadian Hearing Society.Duffin, Random’s vice-president and director of ... Read More »

Toronto-area children’s author Eric Walters has won an honourable mention for a prestigious United Nations prize for children’s literature.Walters’ 2000 book Caged Eagles (Orca Book Publishing), a YA title about the internment of Canadians of ... Read More »

Members of associations from a cross-section of the Canadian book industry met last week to discuss how to avoid a repeat of last year’s General Publishing bankruptcy, and to ensure that a healthy Canadian book ... Read More »

Canadian young-adult literature lost one of its trailblazing pioneers Friday, with the unexpected death of Monica Hughes, due to a stroke.The 77-year-old writer published 35 books over a career that spanned three decades. She was ... Read More »

Authors groups are unhappy with how Access Copyright distributes funds and want the system to be revamped, they told the copyright licensing agency at its annual general meeting Friday in Toronto.At issue is both the ... Read More »

Continuing weakness in the business and computer book markets dragged down profits at McGraw-Hill Ryerson, which saw net income decline in 2002, despite a strong performance from its school and higher education divisions.The company posted ... Read More »

Author Stephen Williams says he has asked his publisher to remove one photo and alter another for the second printing of his controversial book Karla: A Pact with the Devil after consulting with booksellers as ... Read More »