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Deals: Anton Piatigorsky, Robert McGill, and more

Goose Lane Editions has acquired Dora award-winning playwright Anton Piatigorsky’s debut story collection, The Iron Bridge. In it, Piatigorsky writes about the teenage angst of six of the 20th century’s most notorious dictators, including Adolph ... Read More »

June 8, 2011

Personnel change: Karen Adams named CLA president

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The Canadian Library Association has tapped Karen Adams to be its new president. Adams, who is director of libraries at the University of Manitoba, was named president at the 2011 CLA National Conference in Halifax ... Read More »

June 7, 2011

Random House hires Whitecap publisher Robert McCullough to head up new imprint

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Random House of Canada has hired Robert McCullough, the long-time publisher of Vancouver’s Whitecap Books, to head a new independent imprint. The still-unnamed publishing line will focus on 15 to 20 lifestyle and food titles ... Read More »

June 6, 2011

Distribution change: Biblioasis

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Effective July 1, Publishers Group Canada will take over sales and distribution for Biblioasis. Sales for Biblioasis were ... Read More »

June 6, 2011

Louise Penny, Stevie Cameron among winners of Arthur Ellis Awards

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Louise Penny’s Chief Inspector Gamache and Stevie Cameron’s exposé of the investigation of serial murderer Robert Pickton took top honours at last night’s Arthur Ellis Awards. The Crime Writers of Canada named Penny’s Bury Your ... Read More »

June 2, 2011

Dundurn establishes J. Patrick Boyer imprint

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Dundurn Press continues its steady growth in a new partnership with the publishing startup Blue Butterfly Books, a Toronto firm specializing in history, memoir, and speculative fiction. Effective June 1, the two companies have consolidated ... Read More »

June 2, 2011

Watt, Oppel take home Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards

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Mélanie Watt and Kenneth Oppel have won the 2011 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Picture Book Awards. Written and illustrated by Watt, Chester’s Masterpiece (Kids Can Press) received the Children’s Book Award, while Oppel’s Half ... Read More »

June 2, 2011

London’s Upper Room Book Store closes its doors

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After 32 years of providing the community of London, Ontario, with Christian books, music, and gifts, the Upper Room Book Store will be closing its doors on June 30. Owner Mary Adams believes the general ... Read More »

June 1, 2011

Personnel change: The Cooke Agency International

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After a decade in the publishing industry, Krista Willis, a manager of subsidiary rights for The Cooke Agency International, is leaving to pursue a position in health care at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital. In her ... Read More »

June 1, 2011

Distribution change: Freehand Books

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Effective June 1, Freehand Books, an imprint of Broadview Press, will be distributed in Canada by LitDistCo. Distribution for Freehand was previously handled by Broadview, which will be accepting returns until Dec. 31. Sales representation ... Read More »

June 1, 2011

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Deals: Anton Piatigorsky, Robert McGill, and more

Personnel change: Karen Adams named CLA president

Random House hires Whitecap publisher Robert McCullough to head up new imprint

Distribution change: Biblioasis

Louise Penny, Stevie Cameron among winners of Arthur Ellis Awards

Dundurn establishes J. Patrick Boyer imprint

Watt, Oppel take home Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards

London’s Upper Room Book Store closes its doors

Personnel change: The Cooke Agency International

Distribution change: Freehand Books

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