Carolyn Forde, executive assistant to Westwood Creative Artists president ... Read More »
August 5, 2010
Collins Canada associate editor Kate Cassaday, who acquired Gail Vaz-Oxlade's bestselling Debt-Free Forever, has been promoted to ... Read More »
August 5, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
Random House of Canada senior editor Angelika Glover has acquired Canadian rights to In the Mouths of Babes by Jeannie Marshall. The book reveals how traditional food cultures around the world have been dramatically altered ... Read More »
August 4, 2010
McClelland & Stewart’s latest editorial hire doesn’t fit the usual mould for a Canadian publishing house. The company announced on Monday that it has retained the “editorial services” of Philip Rappaport, an American based ... Read More »
August 3, 2010
Sales and revenue at academic publishing house McGraw-Hill Ryerson were down for the second quarter of 2010, according to newly released financial statements. Second-quarter net income at the Whitby, Ontario-based publisher fell by almost half, ... Read More »
August 3, 2010
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting children’s literature, is laying off all four of its regional officers – Carolyn Hart (B.C.), Ginger Mullen (Alberta), Gail Hamilton (Manitoba), and Kathleen Martin ... Read More »
August 3, 2010
Harlequin profits were up, but revenues were down in the second quarter of 2010, according to financial results released Wednesday by parent company Torstar. The Toronto-based romance publisher reported operating profits of $20.4 million, up ... Read More »
July 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
The University of Ottawa Press has joined a handful of Canadian scholarly publishers in making a number of its titles available for free under an Open Access licence. Earlier this week, UOP published 36 backlist ... Read More »
July 29, 2010
Penguin Canada commissioning editor Caitlin Drake has acquired Canadian rights, at auction, to the first three books in a young adult series by fantasy writer Charles de Lint. Titles and content are under wraps. The ... Read More »
July 28, 2010
NeWest Press has entered into digital publishing with a bang by becoming one of the first Canadian houses to release a dedicated iPhone/iPad app for one of its titles. Launched in June following the ... Read More »
July 26, 2010
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