How many ways are there to blurb the human spirit in Canada? Test your wits against Quill’s crack team of CanLit experts by matching the critic’s blurb on the left to the author and title ... Read More »
December 8, 2003
• “Taking flight: Fitzhenry & Whiteside aspires to new heights” (October 2002, p. 16): on the company’s acquisition of the Stoddart Kids imprint• “Rising from Stoddart’s ashes: New ownership has House of Anansi and Boston ... Read More »
December 8, 2003
Survey methodQuill & Quire examined the book review sections of eight Canadian newspapers in three months in 1997 and 2002. In each year, 12 weekend book sections in February, May, and October (excluding the May ... Read More »
December 8, 2003
Fundraising is a tricky proposition. There are innumerable good causes – cancer research, food banks, endangered species, to name a few – all vying for the same pool of money. So when Michael Redhill decided ... Read More »
December 5, 2003 | Filed under: Book news
In Marie-Louise Gay’s 2000 children’s book, On My Island, one of many she has both written and illustrated, a young boy tells of living his life alone on an island, with only “a wolf, two ... Read More »
December 4, 2003
The recent release of a five-inch-high librarian action figure – complete with granny glasses and “push-button shushing action” – turned a lot of heads in information-professional circles. Not to be outdone, Quill labs is proud ... Read More »
December 4, 2003
Acquisition-hungry Nelson Thomson has gobbled up smaller rival Gage Learning in a deal that reduces the number of major publishers in the Canadian educational sector to three, and marks the end of Gage owner Ron ... Read More »
December 4, 2003 | Filed under: Authors
The arrival of big-box retailer Sam’s Club in Ontario this fall has some publishers questioning an unprecedented merchandising arrangement between the Wal-Mart subsidiary and Vancouver’s BookExpress. Under the terms of the three-year deal, Raincoast’s wholesale ... Read More »
December 4, 2003
Somehow, despite a year of SARS and flat spring sales, BookExpo Canada beat the odds to end up a feelgood event.The trade show was so lively that most observers assumed that attendance had risen for ... Read More »
December 4, 2003
Statistics Canada’s latest survey of book publishers and exclusive agents paints a fairly rosy picture of the Canadian book trade at the end of the 20th century.Sales by publishers operating in Canada, including exports and ... Read More »
December 4, 2003
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