The Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme (ASPP), an often maligned but crucial funding source for academic books in the humanities and social sciences, will undergo a full review and evaluation in the months ahead. There ... Read More »

Dire budget problems in many U.S. states are causing headaches for Canadian scholarly presses, who say budget cuts to publicly funded universities in the U.S. are resulting in fewer dollars for libraries at state schools, ... Read More »

The announcement of the nominees for this year’s Governor General’s Literary Awards carried a distinctly British accent. On the fiction and non-fiction shortlists, four of 10 titles originated with U.K. publishers, including Margaret MacMillan’s Paris ... Read More »

In July, Q&Q asked five groups of industry professionals to brainstorm ideas that would help to boost the market for books in Canada. Each group was asked to submit one idea, which we then posted ... Read More »

Collective book promotions lack the focus of a single book or a targeted audience and are often costly and difficult to organize. Nevertheless, many have been tried in Canada over the past 25 years – ... Read More »

The subject of Islam and Muslims has been of continuing interest to the West for a long time. Some historians observe that such an interest dates back to the founding of the religion. Indeed, Maxime ... Read More »