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Book links round-up: publishers become sellers, John Cleese pays for divorce with memoir, and more

Is Amazon forcing publishers to become booksellers? John Cleese is writing a memoir to pay for his divorce The Men Who Stare at Goats author Jon Ronson delves into the world of the psychopath Three ... Read More »

May 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

John Lavery, 1949–2011

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After a battle with cancer, Gatineau author John Lavery died on May 8 at the age of 61. In 2010, Lavery published his first novel, Sandra Beck, with House of Anansi Press. The book received ... Read More »

May 9, 2011

Canadians come together to improve literacy in Liberia

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A group of Canadian publishing professionals is seeing the first results of a unique initiative to kickstart literacy and lay the groundwork for an indigenous publishing industry in the West African nation of Liberia. Last ... Read More »

May 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Heritage Group Distribution upgrades warehouse, looks to expand

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At a time when the Canadian distribution sector seems on shaky ground, Heritage Group Distribution is looking to expand. The B.C. company announced this week it will relocate to a larger facility on June 1. ... Read More »

May 5, 2011

New Reliable Press calls it quits

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After seven years and eight releases, New Reliable Press, a B.C.-based independent comic-book publisher, is shutting down. The small press will make its last public appearance at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, which runs May ... Read More »

May 5, 2011

Playing in the Pop Sandbox

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As a teenager, Alex Jansen, founder of the boutique publisher and multimedia company Pop Sandbox, had one goal: to produce a feature film before turning 25. He achieved this goal with nearly two years to ... Read More »

May 5, 2011

Book links round-up: Neil Gaiman’s defence, Babstock at the DMV, and more

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Neil Gaiman fights back against accusations that he's a thieving pencil-necked little weasel Happy foot, sad foot: how the podiatry sign became a literary symbol William T. Vollmann's new Kindle single is filled with danger ... Read More »

May 5, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Deals: New acquisitions for Anansi, M&S, Scholastic, Heritage House, and more

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House of Anansi Press president and publisher Sarah MacLachlan has acquired world rights to Carrie Snyder’s The Juliet Stories, a collection of linked stories that follows Juliet Friesen through her childhood in 1970s Nicaragua and ... Read More »

May 4, 2011

Book links round-up: TCAF Q&As, editing David Foster Wallace, and more

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Quirky Q&As with Toronto Comic Arts Festival exhibitors How David Foster Wallace editor Michael Pietsch pieced together the posthumous Pale King According to comedian Albert Brooks's debut novel, the future isn't too bright We always ... Read More »

May 4, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Charter Press acquires Canadian Who’s Who from UTP

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Charter Press, located in Orillia, ON, has purchased Canadian Who’s Who from University of Toronto Press. UTP, which has published CWW annually since the late 1970s, will continue to distribute the 1,450-page reference book. Longtimecanadian-whos-who-from-utp/> ... Read More »

May 4, 2011

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Book links round-up: publishers become sellers, John Cleese pays for divorce with memoir, and more

John Lavery, 1949–2011

Canadians come together to improve literacy in Liberia

Heritage Group Distribution upgrades warehouse, looks to expand

New Reliable Press calls it quits

Playing in the Pop Sandbox

Book links round-up: Neil Gaiman’s defence, Babstock at the DMV, and more

Deals: New acquisitions for Anansi, M&S, Scholastic, Heritage House, and more

Book links round-up: TCAF Q&As, editing David Foster Wallace, and more

Charter Press acquires Canadian Who’s Who from UTP

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