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by Q&Q Staff

Tom Best joins Raincoast

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Former CDG president Tom Best is back in publishing after a year-plus absence – he’s joined Raincoast Books as national accounts manager.Best will work from Publishers Group Canada’s Toronto office, and will be responsible mainly ... Read More »

December 10, 2003

Big boost for Ontario writing grants

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Two Ontario Arts Council granting programs for writers are the main beneficiaries of the agency’s boost in literary funding this year. OAC literature officer Lorraine Filyer says the Writer’s Reserve Program will receive $615,000, a ... Read More »

December 10, 2003

Costco names new book buyer

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Costco has shuffled national English-language book buyer Barb Steele out of the role and former eastern book buyer Catherine Bergeron in. Bergeron has taken over the job effective immediately, following Steele’s move to the CD ... Read More »

December 10, 2003

HDS Retail signs on for SKYword

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HarperCollins Canada’s program to promote its titles on Air Canada in-flight audio channels will get more retail support this fall. HDS Retail will now display Harper’s SKYword titles in airport bookstores across the country. Each ... Read More »

December 10, 2003

L’Histoire de Pi takes Quebec

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Random House of Canada isn’t the only Canadian firm getting a huge bottom-line boost from Yann Martel’s Man Booker Prize-winning Life of Pi. Another 12,000 copies of L’Histoire de Pi, the Quebec-published French translation, rolled ... Read More »

December 10, 2003 | Filed under: Book news