In an effort to make inroads with the U.S. publishing community, Canadian e-reading platform Kobo has opened a New York City office staffed with two employees: Jan Ehrlich and Ami Greko. In a post on ... Read More »
August 30, 2010
For the last decade, the Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic has been a volunteer-run labour of love, surviving on donations from individuals and organizations passionate about the genre. However, the annual juried ... Read More »
August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
With Google Editions rumoured to debut in the U.S. in September, there is still no official word on a Canadian launch date. But according to Canadian Booksellers Association president Mark Lefebvre, who has been in ... Read More »
August 30, 2010
Effective immediately, sales for the U.K. children's book publisher Make Believe Ideas will be handled by Canada Direct Group. Distribution will continue to be handled by Thomas Nelson. For more information, contact Canada Direct Group ... Read More »
August 26, 2010
Between the Lines will be relocating to new offices next week. The new address is 401 Richmond Street West, Studio 277, Toronto, ON, M5V 3A8, Phone: 416-535-9914, Fax: 416-535-1484. The current office will be closed ... Read More »
August 26, 2010
When B.C. Arts Council chairwoman Jane Danzo resigned last week in protest over provincial cuts to the arts, many in the local literary community understood where she was coming from. “I don’t think she had ... Read More »
August 26, 2010
Last June, Breakwater Books found itself homeless after a fire broke out next door to its downtown St. John’s offices, causing extensive water damage to the entire block. Two months later, the building is still ... Read More »
August 26, 2010
Penguin Canada assistant publicist Bronwyn Kienapple has been promoted to the position of online marketing coordinator. Kienapple takes over from Chelsea Sargautis, who left the company last week to join the e-commerce company Novator. In ... Read More »
August 25, 2010
Doubleday Canada has acquired a new novel by C.S. Richardson. The Emperor of Paris is about an unlikely romance between a baker and a bookish woman. Suzanne Brandreth of The Cooke Agency arranged the deal. ... Read More »
August 25, 2010
Last March, Annabel Lyon noted on her blog that B.C. Ferries, which operates 36 vessels and travels to 47 ports of call, was refusing to carry copies of her Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize–winning The Goldengolden-mean-ban/> ... Read More »
August 24, 2010
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