Following the retirement last month of longtime sales rep David Stimpson, the University of Toronto ... Read More »
July 4, 2011
After finding himself in limbo when Key Porter Books shut down earlier this year, children’s author Kevin Sylvester has landed a new home for his Neil Flambé series of YA novels. Simon & Schuster Children’s ... Read More »
July 4, 2011
The consummate Canadian short story writer Peter Sellers once gave me a piece of good advice. He said – and I’m paraphrasing heavily here – a writer can create the most outlandish premise as long ... Read More »
June 30, 2011
The Writers’ Trust of Canada is hoping to make a splash this fall with the launch of the $60,000 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction, which will vie for attention with the country’s other ... Read More »
June 30, 2011
Nick Garrison, executive editor at Penguin Canada, has acquired Back in the Bigs: How Winnipeg Won, Lost and Regained Its place in the NHL by sports columnist Randy Turner. The coffee-table book will track the ... Read More »
June 29, 2011
In an effort to expand its Ancient Forest Friendly certification scheme, and to give green publishers an additional marketing tool, the Vancouver-based environmental NGO Canopy has launched an initiative to recognize corporate leadership in forest ... Read More »
June 29, 2011
Blue Metropolis Foundation has announced Montreal’s OPUS Hotel as the main venue for the 2012 Blue Metropolis Literary ... Read More »
June 29, 2011
Authors at Harbourfront Centre has announced a partial list of attendees for this year’s International Visitors Programme, which takes place in Toronto during the International Festival of Authors, Oct. 19–29. Among the international publishing professionals ... Read More »
June 28, 2011
Effective July 6, Publishers Group Canada will handle sales and distribution for Oxford ... Read More »
June 28, 2011
The following are the bestselling Canadian fiction titles for the two weeks ending June 19, 2011. Jane Urquhart’s Sanctuary Line, now available in paperback, makes an impressive debut at #6, while William P. Young’s The ... Read More »
June 27, 2011
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