As of Jan. 1, 2011, Transit Publishing will be distributed in Canada by ... Read More »
November 22, 2010
Influential Canadian editor Ivon Owen, co-founder of literary magazine The Tamarack Review, died last week in Toronto of complications from Alzheimer’s and lung disease. He was 87. In the late 1940s, Owen joined the Canadian ... Read More »
November 22, 2010
HarperCollins Canada has launched a new campaign encouraging readers to share user-generated content inspired by some of the company’s lead non-fiction titles. Using a free smartphone app called Stickybits, consumers are encouraged to discuss and ... Read More »
November 22, 2010
There's no formula for choosing the books of the year. Some break ground, some tackle familiar themes with new energy. Some represent the best work from established authors, some introduce us to important new voices. ... Read More »
November 22, 2010 | Filed under: Books of the Year
Rocky Mountain Books has found itself in the midst of a controversy involving a provincial court judge, his book, and angered band members from a local First Nations reserve. But that’s perfectly fine with publisher ... Read More »
November 18, 2010
After three and a half years as vice-president of marketing for H.B. Fenn & Company, publishing veteran Tom Best is leaving to focus on literacy and creative writing for youth. Best handed in his resignation ... Read More »
November 18, 2010
Twenty-six French-language publishing houses in Quebec – ranging in size from publishing giant Quebecor's literary imprint, Groupe Ville-Marie Littérature, to tiny poetry specialist Le Lézard amoureux – are banding together to promote @font-face { font-family: ... Read More »
November 18, 2010
BookNet Canada has crunched the numbers for third quarter book sales (July to September), and the results are poor. Sales in all categories – fiction, non-fiction, juvenile, and total market – were down from the same ... Read More »
November 18, 2010
Knopf Random House Canada executive vice-president Louise Dennys has acquired a debut novel by memoirist Frances Greenslade. Shelter is about two sisters’ search for the truth about their mother, who disappeared when they were young. ... Read More »
November 18, 2010
Two of the 11 staffers laid off from Key Porter Books in September have resurfaced at Dundurn Press. According to Dundurn publicity manager Karen McMullin, former Key Porter contracts manager Sheila Douglas has been hired ... Read More »
November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
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