This week's list covers the best-selling Canadian fiction for the two weeks ending Jan. 23, 2011. Barney's Version enters the list at #6 following the release of the film version last month. Also new on ... Read More »
January 31, 2011
In the same week that Amazon unveiled its Kindle Singles store – a repository of short, inexpensive, mostly non-fiction e-books – a Toronto company has launched a similar platform for fiction, although on a much ... Read More »
January 27, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
As Q&Q reported earlier this week, Lynne Missen, the longtime executive editor of children’s books at HarperCollins Canada, has been named publishing director of Penguin Canada Young Readers. The newly created position is a sign ... Read More »
January 27, 2011
Canada’s first-ever translation rights fair, “Expand Your Horizons,” kicks off in Ottawa Thursday night. Hosted by the Canadian Council for the Arts as part of the $5-million National Translation Program for Book Publishing, the conference ... Read More »
January 27, 2011
Rob Sanders has been named publisher of New Society Publishers, the small, environmental-themed imprint based on Gabriola Island. He takes on the role effective March 1. Sanders is also publisher of Greystone Books and vice-president ... Read More »
January 27, 2011
HarperCollins Canada has promoted executive editor Jim Gifford to the role of editorial director for non-fiction and the Collins imprint. In his new role, Gifford will oversee Collins senior editor Brad Wilson and Kate Cassaday, ... Read More »
January 27, 2011
Cormorant Books president Marc Côté has acquired Inward Journey: The Life of Lawren Harris by James King. The book is the first full-length biography of Harris, a founding member of the Group of Seven. The ... Read More »
January 26, 2011
After failing to come to terms with post-secondary institutions over a proposed licencing agreement, Access Copyright remains at odds with Canadian universities and colleges over how to compensate creators for the use of their works ... Read More »
January 24, 2011
By the end of next month, Furby House Books in Port Hope, Ontario, will either have found a new owner or have closed, according to proprietor Bill Edwards. “The place is for sale,” Edwards says. ... Read More »
Effective immediately, sales for Canadian Plains Research Center Press will be handled by Susan Toy of Calgary-based Alberta Books Canada. Distribution remains with University of Toronto Press Distribution. CPRC publishes scholarly and adult non-fiction, with ... Read More »
January 20, 2011
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