McClelland & Stewart may have the Man Booker Prize on its mind this week, but the house picked up another award win on Wednesday as Joe Fiorito’s first novel The Song Beneath the Ice took ... Read More »

Helena Aalto, Canadian Children’s Book Centre True Confessions of a Heartless Girl, Martha Brooks“I loved the complicated, uncompromising character who, although she learned the realities of life, didn’t have any kind of miraculous transformation. The ... Read More »

Organizers of this year’s Book Publishing Professional Association cabaret – which hit the stage in December, revived after a hiatus in 2001 – didn’t have to look far for their material. “Don’t Touche That, Deloitte, ... Read More »

In this highly unscientific look at the new Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada, edited by William New, Quill looks at how the academic community is assessing the issues and personalities of our national literature, solely ... Read More »

Slow-paying customers, Sept. 11, and the loss of key contracts were major factors in the bankruptcy of Stewart House Publishing, president Ken Thomson told creditors last month.The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 caused U.S. customers ... Read More »

The holiday party season is fast approaching, and you still haven’t had time to read that pile of critically acclaimed fiction collecting dust on your bedside table. Have no fear. For those burdened with too ... Read More »

Life of Pi may have been the season’s top seller for most booksellers across Canada, but Yann Martel had to settle for second place at the country’s largest account. For Indigo, Rudolph Giuliani’s memoir-slash-management guide, ... Read More »

On a windy December day, a group of Penguin Canada authors are gathered in the living room of Toronto photographer Rob Allen. Tom Waits ballads on the stereo create a relaxed atmosphere as authors Brad ... Read More »

Pure Fiction isn’t the only campaign the Penguin marketing department will be contending with this spring. This month Penguin’s international parent company is unveiling a new-look relaunch of the well-known Penguin Classics line.The relaunch will ... Read More »

In August of 2002, Toronto micro-press Misprints Press launched the first in a series of pocket-sized chapbooks that pay homage to that most prolific of old-time authors: Anonymous. Penned by local writers, some up and ... Read More »