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CBA gears up for next month’s national conference

With less than a month to go, organizers of the third annual Canadian Booksellers Association’s National Conference, set to run May 13–15 in Toronto, are hoping to see registrant and exhibitor numbers rise to match ... Read More »

April 14, 2011

London Book Fair buzz book Shelter lands U.S. deal

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Even before the London Book Fair began, there was buzz about Shelter, the debut novel from Penticton, B.C., writer Frances Greenslade. In pre-empt deals prior to the fair, German rights were acquired by Mare Verlag;shelter-lands-us-deal/> ... Read More »

April 14, 2011

More Canadian titles becoming available in Apple’s iBookstore

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Coach House Books has been selling e-books for more than a year, through Kobo, Barnes & Noble, and its own website. This week, the Toronto small press added another e-retailer to that list when Christian ... Read More »

April 14, 2011

Deals: ECW acquires new book by Joey Comeau, and more

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ECW Press senior editor Michael Holmes has acquired Lockpick Pornography 2 by Joey Comeau, a novel about a gay kidnapper who abducts the son of a family-values politician. The book will be published in spring ... Read More »

April 13, 2011

Trillium grant helps GTA writers’ group continue to grow

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In recent years, The Writers’ Community of Durham Region has emerged as a key literary group for writers in the Greater Toronto Area. In the past five years, the group, which caters to writers in ... Read More »

April 12, 2011

Silver Snail Comics to leave Toronto’s Queen West strip

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Silver Snail Comics, one of the last remaining bookstores on Toronto’s busy Queen Street West, is leaving the area in search of counterculture-minded neighbours. The move is planned for early 2012. The downtown comics bookstore ... Read More »

April 11, 2011

Address change: Anne McDermid & Associates Ltd.

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Toronto agency Anne McDermid & Associates Ltd. will be moving to a new location, effective April 20. ... Read More »

April 7, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Personnel change: Knopf Random Canada

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Knopf Random Canada Publishing Group has brought in Paul Taunton as senior editor. Taunton is responsible for acquiring new fiction and non-fiction titles for imprints under Knopf Canada and Random House Canada. He comes to ... Read More »

April 7, 2011

Personnel changes: Canadian Manda Group

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Canadian Manda Group has announced a series of personnel changes. Joanne Adams returns to her position as sales representative after a year–long maternity leave. Her territory will include parts of the GTA and Eastern Ontario. ... Read More »

April 7, 2011

Deals: Memoirs by Gordon Pinsent and Allan Fotheringham, a new kids’ book by Kyo Maclear

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HarperCollins Canada editorial director Jennifer Lambert has acquired Canadian rights to Rebecca Silver Slayter’s novel In the Land of Birdfishes. Driven mad by his wife’s death, a Nova Scotian minister blinds his twin daughters. Three ... Read More »

April 6, 2011

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CBA gears up for next month’s national conference

London Book Fair buzz book Shelter lands U.S. deal

More Canadian titles becoming available in Apple’s iBookstore

Deals: ECW acquires new book by Joey Comeau, and more

Trillium grant helps GTA writers’ group continue to grow

Silver Snail Comics to leave Toronto’s Queen West strip

Address change: Anne McDermid & Associates Ltd.

Personnel change: Knopf Random Canada

Personnel changes: Canadian Manda Group

Deals: Memoirs by Gordon Pinsent and Allan Fotheringham, a new kids’ book by Kyo Maclear

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