The surge of Italian interest in Canadian literature – widely credited to the popularity of Mordecai Richler’s 1997 novel Barney’s Version – was on view at the annual International Turin Book Fair last week.Canada was ... Read More »

Sidelined last year by the collapse of longtime sponsor Stoddart Publishing, the annual Children’s Gala will return to BookExpo this year with multiple sponsors and a new location.The event to honour Canadian authors and illustrators ... Read More »

A Montreal-based web site advertising the sale of pirated textbooks has been shut down following legal action by Access Copyright.The copyright licensing agency filed a claim earlier this year against the “Copy Doctor” web site, ... Read More »

Jakober wins U.S. Shaara Award – Calgary author Marie Jakober has won a U.S. award for Civil War writing. Jakober’s novel Only Call Us Faithful (Forge Books/H.B. Fenn and Company) has won the annual Michael ... Read More »

HDS Retail is poised to further expand its airport bookselling presence after winning bids from the Halifax and Dorval airports.The firm is scheduled to open a Relay Books outlet in the Halifax International Airport in ... Read More »

Indigo will close three Ontario Coles stores over the next two months, at malls in Ottawa, North Bay, and Willowdale.The Rideau Centre Coles location in Ottawa will close at the end of this month; stores ... Read More »

Frontier College is getting another boost from the book industry, this time through the Canada Reads campaign. McClelland & Stewart will donate 5% of its proceeds from competition winner Next Episode to the literacy organization.M&S ... Read More »

A first-time bookseller has purchased Toronto’s science-fiction specialty store BAKKA Books and renamed it BAKKA Phoenix Books.Ben Freiman, a 23-year-old part-time philosophy student and science-fiction fan, bought the 30-year-old store from John Rose in March ... Read More »

The Editors’ Association of Canada has hired its first-ever executive director. Lynne Massey will step into the position on June 15, working out of the association’s Toronto office.Besides helping to manage day-to-day projects, Massey will ... Read More »