This year’s TD Canadian Children’s Book Week will launch with a musical bang, as event organizers and the Canadian Children’s Book Centre host a free concert on Nov. 1. The event, called “A Celebration of ... Read More »
Two books tie for Vancouver book prize – Two photography books about the buildings and inhabitants of a notorious Vancouver inner-city neighbourhood have tied for this year’s City of Vancouver Book Award. Heroines (Anvil Press) ... Read More »
November 12, 2003
Several client publishers of University of Toronto Press Distribution say they are concerned and angry over the abrupt departure of long-time vice-president Carolyn Wood last Tuesday, and want to know why they weren’t notified of ... Read More »
November 12, 2003
The Governor General’s fiction prize has upheld its reputation for quirky selections (at least, compared with the Giller Prize) with the announcement of its shortlist yesterday. Only one title, Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake, appears ... Read More »
November 12, 2003
ECW Press will close its Montreal office at the end of November and co-founder Robert Lecker and three employees will leave the company as part of cost-cutting measures to keep the Toronto office open, the ... Read More »
November 12, 2003
Lobster Press has received its Canada Council funding after emerging from creditor protection – but has asked authors and illustrators still waiting for outstanding royalties to be patient. The Canada Council for the Arts has ... Read More »
November 12, 2003
Hardcover fiction1. The Way the Crow Flies, Ann-Marie MacDonald (Knopf Canada, $37.95, 0-676-97408-2)2. Lord John and the Private Matter, Diana Gabaldon (Doubleday Canada, $35.95, 0-385-66022-7)3. Deafening, Frances Itani (HarperFlamingo Canada, $34.95, 0-00-200539-5)4. Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood (McClelland ... Read More »
November 12, 2003
The surprise Man Booker Prize win for DBC Pierre’s Vernon God Little has Canadian booksellers back-ordering furiously – and Penguin Canada working quickly to catch up. “We’re looking at selling literally tens of thousands ofvernon-god-little/> ... Read More »
November 12, 2003
Scholastic Canada is coming downtown. The children’s publisher has announced plans to open a second office in Toronto’s newly refurbished Distillery District by next summer. Currently, Scholastic is exploring a 16,000-square-foot rental property in the ... Read More »
November 12, 2003
Publisher Patrick Meany, who worked at Macmillan Canada for many years before launching his own small press, has died. Meany’s family is now preparing to fold his company, P.D. Meany Publishers. Meany died of cancer ... Read More »
November 12, 2003
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