Almost a year after buying Quicklaw, LexisNexis Canada has announced a joint venture between the online legal information service and another legal publisher.Quicklaw has come up with a cross-promotion plan with Lancaster House, a Toronto-based ... Read More »

Dionne Brand and Kathy Mac have won the two major League of Canadian Poets prizes.Brand has won the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, which goes to a female Canadian poet, for her collection thirsty (McClelland & ... Read More »

Bread-and-butter issues took centre stage at the Writers’ Union of Canada’s annual general meeting in Ottawa last weekend, with much discussion about CanWest Global, copyright issues, and electronic rights contracts. “TWUC’s focus remains on getting ... Read More »

Centennial College has posted a second call for applications for head of its book and magazine publishing program after an initial round failed to yield a preferred candidate.Centennial dean Nathan Horowitz said the school received ... Read More »

Toronto writer John Duffy has won the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for his book on Canadian elections throughout history.Duffy was named the winner in Ottawa on Wednesday. The annual award carries a $10,000 ... Read More »

Since the merger of Indigo and Chapters, CEO Heather Reisman has predicted a two-year turnaround, and year-end results released late yesterday bore out that timetable. Thanks largely to higher superstore sales, the chain has shown ... Read More »

The graphic novel format, which is still struggling for credibility with many mainstream booksellers, got a boost at BookExpo America last weekend.The annual American convention devoted several seminars to the format, as well as a ... Read More »

Scholastic Canada has escaped the mass layoffs originating from the parent company largely unscathed, relying instead on early-retirement packages.Last Wednesday, Scholastic in the U.S. announced that 400 employees – or approximately 4% of the multinational’s ... Read More »