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Atwood, Forbes make Orange Prize longlist

Margaret Atwood isn’t the only Canadian author in the running for this year’s Orange Prize. Along with Atwood’s The Blind Assassin (McClelland & Stewart), Leslie Forbes’s Fish, Blood and Bone has made the longlist for ... Read More »

October 30, 2003

Gallant wins inaugural Matt Cohen award

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The Writers’ Trust of Canada has added a new literary award to its roster, and has named Mavis Gallant the first recipient. The Matt Cohen Award, which recognizes lifetime achievement of a writer working in ... Read More »

October 30, 2003

National Library to launch online database for new titles

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The National Library of Canada is launching a new web site that will allow publishers to post bibliographical information – as well as promotional extras – on new and forthcoming titles. An extension of AMICUS, ... Read More »

October 30, 2003

BPIDP funding advances, spring 2001

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Publisher Amount of Percentage of contribution 2001 grant Beach Holme Publishers $15,245 39%Blizzard Publishing $8,298 50Cormorant Books $13,170 50Coteau Books $39,381 50Douglas & McIntyre $323,467 75ECW Press $68,052 50Garamond Press $12,391 43Goose Lane Editions $62,603 ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Book news

Chapters Online is “a mess” says new president, but will still break even by July

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After inheriting a company with a plummeting share price and 90,000 unfilled orders, Peter Cooper admits that Chapters Online is a mess. But the e-tailer’s president insists the company will break even before it runs ... Read More »

October 30, 2003

TSE trading shifts to Indigo name

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The Toronto Stock Exchange has approved Chapters’ corporate name change to Indigo Books & Music. On Wednesday the company’s 12.2 million common shares began trading under the new symbol IDG, which replaced the CHP Chapters ... Read More »

October 30, 2003

Raincoast’s Goliger takes short-story collection prize

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An Ottawa writer got a much needed financial boost – and two free cases of beer to boot – at the second annual Upper Canada Brewing Company Writer’s Craft Award on Wednesday night. At a ... Read More »

October 30, 2003

Aris takes on marketing duties at Pearson

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Adding to her responsibilities as director of sales at Pearson PTR Canada, Andrea Aris has been promoted to director of sales and marketing. After nearly eight years of heading up the sales group, Aris takes ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Book news

Nominees announced for $25,000 Charles Taylor Prize, $60,000 Roloff Beny Photography Book Award

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Biographies of Sir Sandford Fleming and Jane Austen and two memoirs of war-torn childhoods are among the six books nominated for this year’s $25,000 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. Jurors Wayne Johnston and Neil ... Read More »

October 30, 2003

What went wrong?

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Canadian publishers facing an uncertain future in the wake of the financial crisis at General Publishing are asking difficult questions today about what went wrong with a company that only a few years ago appeared ... Read More »

October 30, 2003

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Atwood, Forbes make Orange Prize longlist

Gallant wins inaugural Matt Cohen award

National Library to launch online database for new titles

BPIDP funding advances, spring 2001

Chapters Online is “a mess” says new president, but will still break even by July

TSE trading shifts to Indigo name

Raincoast’s Goliger takes short-story collection prize

Aris takes on marketing duties at Pearson

Nominees announced for $25,000 Charles Taylor Prize, $60,000 Roloff Beny Photography Book Award

What went wrong?

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