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Personnel change: Canadian Children’s Book Centre

The Canadian Children’s Book Centre has hired Holly Kent for the newly created position of sales and marketing manager. Kent will be responsible for promoting the centre’s programming, including the TD Canadian Children’s Book Week, ... Read More »

January 20, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Children’s Book Centre launches $5,000 prize for mysteries

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The Canadian Children’s Book Centre has announced a new children’s literature prize to honour excellence in the mystery genre. The $5,000 John Spray Mystery Award will be handed out annually in November alongside five existing ... Read More »

January 20, 2011

National Book Count tallies Canadians’ love of reading

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Canadians bought and borrowed more than 2.7 million books from Jan. 10–16, 2011, according to figures released by the National Book Count. Organized by the National Reading Campaign, a literacy activist group co-chaired by Groundwood ... Read More »

January 20, 2011

Deals: Margaret Atwood to publish children’s book with McArthur & Company

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McArthur & Company president and publisher Kim McArthur has acquired a new illustrated children’s book by Margaret Atwood, with illustrations by Dušan Petricic, called Wandering Wanda and Widow Wallops Underground Washery. Publication is set for ... Read More »

January 19, 2011

Former Indigo exec takes the reins at Canadian Publishers Digital Services

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The Association of Canadian Publishers has appointed Robert Hayashi as the new director of its digital arm, known as Canadian Publishers Digital Services. Hayashi’s previous experience includes stints as senior product manager and senior business ... Read More »

January 17, 2011

Personnel change: Kevin Williams takes over as publisher of Talonbooks

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Talonbooks president Kevin Williams has assumed the role of publisher. Former publisher Karl Siegler will continue as editor-in-chief. Williams, a former executive at Raincoast Books, joined Talon in 2007 and subsequently acquired a majority share ... Read More »

January 17, 2011

Saunders, Grant, Plokhy among Lionel Gelber Prize nominees

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Three Canadians are among the nominees for the 2011 Lionel Gelber Prize: Globe and Mail European bureau chief Doug Saunders received a nod for his book about the global shift toward urbanization, historian Shelagh D. ... Read More »

January 17, 2011

New Atwood title a vote of support for Canadian publishing, McArthur says

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McArthur & Company’s outlook for 2011 just got brighter. The Toronto house announced on Friday that it will publish Margaret Atwood’s seventh children’s book this summer. Illustrated by longtime collaborator Dušan Petricic, Wandering Wenda and ... Read More »

January 14, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Dennis Johnson, 1952–2011

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Dennis Johnson, the former publisher of Red Deer Press, has died. The 58-year-old suffered a heart attack on Tuesday while vacationing in Mexico. “As a publisher, he was dynamic and flamboyant, always seeking to advance ... Read More »

January 13, 2011

Oolichan relocates to Fernie

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Following a change in ownership, Oolichan Books has moved from its longtime home on Vancouver Island to Fernie, B.C. The company’s new owner and publisher is Fernie resident and former town mayor Randal McNair, who ... Read More »

January 13, 2011

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Personnel change: Canadian Children’s Book Centre

Children’s Book Centre launches $5,000 prize for mysteries

National Book Count tallies Canadians’ love of reading

Deals: Margaret Atwood to publish children’s book with McArthur & Company

Former Indigo exec takes the reins at Canadian Publishers Digital Services

Personnel change: Kevin Williams takes over as publisher of Talonbooks

Saunders, Grant, Plokhy among Lionel Gelber Prize nominees

New Atwood title a vote of support for Canadian publishing, McArthur says

Dennis Johnson, 1952–2011

Oolichan relocates to Fernie

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