Editor, advocate, and industry veteran Susan Renouf has announced that she will retire at the end of the month as vice-president and associate publisher of non-fiction at McClelland & Stewart. Renouf is leaving the company ... Read More »

Word on the Street is expanding, and the latest city to join its roster of municipal literary festivals – which will take place simultaneously in Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax, and Kitchener, Ontario, on Sept. 26 – ... Read More »

A translation grant program that was launched in Canada last year by the government of France has been altered for 2010, in the hopes of encouraging more publishers to apply. Founded by the French Ministry ... Read More »

Industry Minister Tony Clement tabled the federal government’s long-awaited “copyright modernization bill” on Wednesday, and while the proposed changes haven’t elicited blanket condemnation or praise, they’ve divided members of the Canadian book industry. In conversation ... Read More »

While so many other newspapers and magazines have cut back on books coverage, Maclean’s is flouting the trend by launching a permanent books section as part of its newly redesigned magazine, which hit newsstands earliermaclean-s-adds-new-books-section/> ... Read More »

The sales and marketing departments at HarperCollins Canada have seen a lot of change over the past couple of months, with three new hires brought in and six established employees taking on new job descriptions. ... Read More »