As part of a broader shakeup that saw reporter Vit Wagner taken off the publishing beat, the Toronto Star has made more changes to its books coverage. Long-time books editor Dan Smith has also been ... Read More »
September 6, 2011
Random House of Canada’s upcoming e-book of essays, Hope Is Better Than Fear: Paying Jack Forward, will not eulogize the late New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton, but will instead focus on the social issues ... Read More »
September 1, 2011
Hadley Dyer, executive editor of children’s books at HarperCollins Canada, has acquired two new titles by Dennis Lee, plus the poet’s backlist of children’s titles, including Alligator Pie, Garbage Delight, Jelly Belly, Bubblegum Delicious, and ... Read More »
September 1, 2011
Patsy Aldana, a member of the Order of Canada recognized as one of the country’s most active supporters of children’s literacy, early childhood education, and publishing for young people, has been invited to speak on ... Read More »
August 29, 2011
Tightrope Books editor Shirarose Wilensky has left the Toronto press. Her last day was July 31. There are no immediate plans to replace Wilensky, whose responsibilities are currently divided between publisher Halli Villegas and freelance ... Read More »
August 29, 2011
Margaret Atwood is taking a few Toronto residents to lunch in a bid to save the city’s library branches. Lunch and a tour of a Toronto literary site with Atwood or one of 10 other ... Read More »
August 25, 2011
Ingrid Parent, the university library at the University of British Columbia, has been named the first Canadian president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. The NGO is headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, ... Read More »
August 25, 2011
Three of four bookstores in Goderich, Ontario, along with the town’s public library, remain cordoned off by police after a tornado ripped through the lakeside community of 8,000 around 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon. The twister, ... Read More »
August 25, 2011
Penguin Canada publisher Nicole Winstanley has acquired three new titles for Hamish Hamilton Canada, the company’s literary imprint. Two are untitled novels by Colin McAdam, the first of which, a story told from the perspective ... Read More »
August 24, 2011
Aspiring authors looking for feedback on their work might want to check out CBC’s new website, Canada Writes, launching Tuesday. A counterpart to the broadcaster’s popular Canada Reads book-competition program, the bilingual hub is an ... Read More »
August 22, 2011
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