Toronto Public Library patrons have predicted that Ann-Marie MacDonald’s The Way the Crow Flies will win the Giller Prize tonight. The library released the preliminary results of its inaugural “Guess the Giller” contest on Friday. ... Read More »

Raincoast Books has bought Canadian rights to a first novel by Colin McAdam, a 32-year-old author who lives part-time in Montreal and whom Lynn Henry, Raincoast’s associate publisher of fiction, describes as “pretty much a ... Read More »

After years of inconsistent coverage, the National Post has once again expanded its books section. Most recently included with the Travel section of the Post’s Saturday edition, the books section has returned to the Reviewnational-post-expands-books-section-again/> ... Read More »

Jan Whitford, one of the industry’s most experienced agents whose clients have included Barbara Gowdy, Charlotte Gray, Yann Martel, and Josef Skvorecky, will be leaving Westwood Creative Artists at the end of November. She’ll be ... Read More »

The Toronto Public Library launched its latest strategic plan yesterday with a high-profile breakfast event. The plan was to create some buzz with speeches from well-known Toronto book creators: children’s illustrator Barbara Reid and authors ... Read More »

Who is Michael Cader? And why is he on a single-minded crusade to inform the publishing industry about itself?Launched in June and already boasting 2,000 subscribers, Cader’s free daily e-mail roundup of publishing news from ... Read More »

That Michael Ondaatje and David Adams Richards both made the Giller Prize shortlist was a shock to, well, no one. Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost (McClelland & Stewart) and Richards’ Mercy Among the Children (Doubleday Canada) are ... Read More »

It may not carry the clout of a Giller or a Booker, but the Edna Staebler Award does come with a $3,000 purse, which can buy many beginning writers some crucial creative time. Wilfrid Laurier ... Read More »

The Toronto-based Thomson Corporation has acquired La Ley, Argentina’s leading legal publisher, for undisclosed terms. La Ley will now become part of Thomson Legal & Regulatory, a subsidiary specializing in professional publishing for the legal, ... Read More »