Collection development can be a tricky issue, particularly for older teens. If the library lacks a dedicated teen collection, books for older teenagers may be lumped in the children’s section, which most teens prefer to ... Read More »

Two events at the suddenly trendy Gladstone Hotel helped kick off the spring launch season in Toronto. The downtown hotel hosted the House of Anansi’s annual poetry bash early in April, an event that also ... Read More »

Seven months after Canadian Heritage first announced emergency funding for former Stoddart Publishing authors, the $100,000 has been dispersed. The Writers’ Union of Canada, which lobbied for the funding, began issuing cheques to 60 authors ... Read More »

For the Ontario town of Cobalt, boom times are a distant memory. But the small northern community is still the proud home to an unlikely magnet for bibliophiles.Cobalt, located 140 kilometres north of North Bay, ... Read More »

It’s getting expensive to be a Charles de Lint fan. The August publication of de Lint’s new novel, Spirits in the Wires (Tor Books/H.B. Fenn), will mark his third new title in as many months. ... Read More »

With HarperCollins’ release of the novel Vancouver next month, a Canadian city finally has its own sprawling, multi-generational, historical epic. But although co-authors David Cruise and Alison Griffiths are Canadian, the project originated with a ... Read More »