Pearson PTR Canada has launched a new business imprint it hopes will find an audience among the tech-savvy generation of managers leading the dot-com revolution, while also giving Canadian authors an entrée into the international ... Read More »

The central branch of Richmond Public Library loans its four SoftBook readers for a two-week period, with no renewals and an overdue fine of $5 per day. (Initially, patrons were asked to leave a credit ... Read More »

Author of the YearAlistair MacLeodBonnie BurnardWayne JohnstonFirst-time Author of the YearLinden MacIntyreDonna MorrisseyAndrew PyperLifetime Achievement (Author)Alistair MacLeodMargaret AtwoodTimothy FindleyFiction Book of the YearA Good House, Bonnie Burnard (HarperCollins Canada)No Great Mischief, Alistair MacLeod (McClelland & ... Read More »

Publishers are still exploring revenue-generating strategies for their online reference titles. Encyclopaedia Britannica has adopted a two-pronged strategy based on two separate web sites. Britannica.com is a free consumer site that includes the encyclopedia text only. ... Read More »

The oddest pattern emerged among the winning publishers at this year’s B.C. Book Prizes, held Apr. 29 in Vancouver: no established B.C.-based press won gold. Toronto scooped three, thanks to winning books from Owl (Vivien ... Read More »

Lynn Coady: “I’m working on a novel with the working title of Town: A Novel. Not quite halfway through, but I hope to really buckle down on it after my book tour for Play the ... Read More »

To launch last year’s inaugural National Poetry Month, the League of Canadian Poets created a poster featuring a winged man seated on a globe, holding an oversized pencil. This year, the look is decidedly more ... Read More »