Gleed shortlist looks to the west – There’s a distinct West Coast vibe to this year’s Danuta Gleed Literary Award shortlist, announced Friday. Four of the six nominees for the annual short-story prize – Lee ... Read More »

Former employees of S&B Books have launched a new library wholesaler specializing in school-age books.Tinlids, based in Toronto, will carry books for elementary and secondary school readers and will focus on selection, says owner Maria ... Read More »

A new corporate arrangement has the U.S. publisher Running Press moving its Canadian sales and distribution functions to HarperCollins Canada.HarperCollins Canada will take over on May 1. Previously, Canadian Manda Group represented Running Press, with ... Read More »

Griffin Poetry Prize nominee Dionne Brand is up for another poetry award. Her collection thirsty is one of six titles shortlisted for the League of Canadian Poets’ Pat Lowther Memorial Award, which recognizes a title ... Read More »

Indigo.ca launched a jewellery section yesterday, a move suggesting that product extension could be the next arena in the company’s battle with Amazon.ca.A variety of jewellery items, ranging in price from $40 to $300, are ... Read More »

It was a familiar earnings story for McGraw-Hill Ryerson, which on Friday reported strong first-quarter educational sales but continuing weakness in the trade market.Total revenue for the three months ending Mar. 31, 2003 climbed 12% ... Read More »

BC Book Prizes bestowed – Carol Shields is among the winners of the annual BC Book Prizes, having taken the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for Unless (Random House Canada). This year’s ceremony, held at Vancouver’s ... Read More »

The show will go on – at least for now. That’s the message from officials at the Canadian and American Library Associations, who say a huge joint conference of the two groups will proceed in ... Read More »

John Wiley & Sons Canada announced senior staff changes this week in its professional and trade division, as the company retools itself to become more consumer-oriented following the acquisition last summer of the CDG Books ... Read More »

Henderson scores – Vancouver author Lee Henderson has won this year’s Danuta Gleed Literary Award. Henderson will receive $5,000 for his first book, the short-story collection The Broken Record Technique (Penguin Canada). The jury citation ... Read More »