Children’s author Barbara Smucker, who wrote the classic historical novel Underground to Canada, died last week at the age of 87.Smucker’s career as an author, which spanned many books, began with Henry’s Red Sea in ... Read More »

Months after the trade paperback publication of Yann Martel’s Life of Pi in the U.S., the title continues to gain attention – most recently as this month’s feature title in Good Morning America’s “Read This!” ... Read More »

The Toronto indie Pages Books & Magazines is launching a literary event program – but as the “This Is Not a Reading Series” tagline indicates, organizers are hoping to stay away from conventional formats.From September ... Read More »

The city that Carol Shields called home for 20 years will pay tribute to the late author – who died on July 16 – next month with two events at the Winnipeg International Writers’ Festival. ... Read More »

The massive power outage that hit Ontario and the northeastern U.S. last Thursday shook printing schedules, delayed a HarperCollins sales conference, and jangled the nerves of editors and production staffers working under tight deadlines. But ... Read More »

An Ontario library group is hoping to repeat a community reading program aimed at native libraries next winter. But it needs a publisher’s help to do so.Last February, First Nations Public Library Week included a ... Read More »

In first-quarter results released this week, Indigo credits the latest Harry Potter title with helping the numbers – deep discounts and all.The chain’s revenue for the period ending June 28 was $164.2-million, up from $156.3-million ... Read More »

Organizers of the annual Word on the Street festival are looking to the young this year. A new literacy drive, a youth tent, and a panel on graphic novels will be among the added features ... Read More »