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Agents, authors adapt to provincial HST

With the introduction of the Harmonized Sales Tax on July 1, literary agents in B.C. and Ontario began charging HST on all commissions. Consequently, instead of charging authors the usual 5% GST, they are now ... Read More »

July 15, 2010

Indigo partners with Gary Taxali for toy line

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Children’s author and illustrator Gary Taxali has struck a deal to design a line of retro wooden toys for Indigo Books & Music. The toys, set to appear this fall, will be sold individually and ... Read More »

July 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

House of Anansi set for September restructuring

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Come Sept. 1, the staff of House of Anansi Press will undergo several changes, perhaps the most notable being the departure of cross media department production director Sharon Bailey. Bailey is leaving the company to ... Read More »

July 12, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian children’s titles

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This week’s bestseller list covers the top 2010 Canadian children’s titles. Kelley Armstrong, Gordon Korman, and Robert Munsch hold on to the first, second, and third spots, respectively. Susin Nielsen’s Word Nerd enters the list ... Read More »

July 12, 2010

Canada Council to organize first-ever Translation Rights Fair

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As part of the $5-million National Translation Program for Book Publishing, which began disbursing grants last year, the Canada Council for the Arts has announced that it will organize a translation rights fair to encourage ... Read More »

July 12, 2010

ECW shares Pontypool with ChiZine

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ChiZine Publications is preparing to release a limited-edition hardcover version of Tony Burgess’s Pontypool Changes Everything, a title originated – and still owned – by ECW Press. The new edition, due out in November, willpontypool-with-chizine/> ... Read More »

July 12, 2010

Distribution change: Medallion Press

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Effective July 1, 2010, Medallion Press (formerly distributed by H. B. Fenn and Company) will ... Read More »

July 8, 2010

Quebec publisher Pierre Turgeon gets sued again

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Pierre Turgeon, the Quebec publisher who was convicted of fraud in 2008, is in legal trouble once again. Objective Films, an entertainment company in New York City, has filed a $7.5 million lawsuit in the ... Read More »

July 8, 2010

Breakwater Books founder charged with sexual assault

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The Penguin Canada sexual harassment scandal has been put to rest, but now a similar scandal is brewing in Atlantic Canada. Clyde Rose, the founder and former publisher of the St. John’s-based Breakwater Books, has ... Read More »

July 8, 2010

New Penguin Canada head to focus on business, not acquisitions

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The leadership vacuum at Penguin Canada – created by the departure of former president David Davidar – has been filled by former Penguin India president Mike Bryan. Following today’s announcement, Q&Q spoke to Penguin Group ... Read More »

July 7, 2010

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Agents, authors adapt to provincial HST

Indigo partners with Gary Taxali for toy line

House of Anansi set for September restructuring

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian children’s titles

Canada Council to organize first-ever Translation Rights Fair

ECW shares Pontypool with ChiZine

Distribution change: Medallion Press

Quebec publisher Pierre Turgeon gets sued again

Breakwater Books founder charged with sexual assault

New Penguin Canada head to focus on business, not acquisitions

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