Typically, International Festival of Authors readings feature a well-known author while introducing two lesser-known ones to the audience. But Canadian children’s authors Kenneth Oppel and Tim Wynne-Jones seemed to reap dubious benefits from appearing with ... Read More »

Financial security is a scarce commodity in the world of Canadian literary fiction, but every so often, an entire community of writers draws hope from two words. Not “day job,” but “international sales.” Two years ... Read More »

Small regional publishers, who traditionally have difficulty in attracting interns, are getting some help from a new Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) initiative.Launched this fall, the Canadian Publishers’Internship Program will help locate qualified interns ... Read More »

On Monday, Toronto will once again add a literary dimension to public transit when Poetry on the Way, a program sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts, places a new batch of poems – ... Read More »

The title of Alberto Manguel’s new book, to be published in December by Knopf Canada and reviewed in ... Read More »

As pledges of support go, it’s a tad on the vague side – but welcome nonetheless. The Liberal Party’s national election platform, unveiled last week, contains specific references to the book trade, as the party ... Read More »

Here’s an enterprising Internet startup for which the phrase caveat emptor definitely applies. Billing itself as “the first Canadian Online Copyright Services of-fered in Canada,” Copyright.ca says that, for a $100 charge, it will register ... Read More »

Brenda Halliday has been appointed executive director of the Book and Periodical Council. Halliday was most recently librarian at Balmoral Hall School in Winnipeg, where she handled publicity for the Winnipeg Children’s Literature Roundtable and ... Read More »