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Top 10 new Canadian children’s titles

This week’s bestseller list covers the top 10 new Canadian children’s books, and includes titles released since Jan. 1, 2010. April releases by Kelley Armstrong and Gordon Korman continue to hold the top spots, while ... Read More »

May 31, 2010

Roxanne Reads shuts its doors

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Toronto’s Roxanne Reads closed its doors yesterday, just 16 months after it opened in February 2009. According to owner Roxanne Dean, the Riverdale-area new-and-used shop didn’t succumb to the usual low sales or financial problems ... Read More »

May 31, 2010

Indigo reports earnings increase despite soft Q4

By Q&Q Staff

Indigo Books & Music is reporting a 14% increase in net earnings for the fiscal year ending April 3, 2010, counterbalanced by a soft Q4 as well as year-over-year declines in its small-format stores and ... Read More »

May 31, 2010

Canadian firms win big at Libris Awards

By Q&Q Staff

The Canadian Booksellers Association hosted its annual Libris Awards over the weekend, and the big winners were the country’s indigenous publishing houses. With the exception of two Random House Canada wins for Linden MacIntyre’s The ... Read More »

May 31, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Canadian contingent reports bustling, somewhat over-packed BEA

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Despite all the free-flowing anxiety about the future of the industry, Canadians were mostly pleased with this year’s shorter, more concentrated BookExpo America, the annual industry trade show and conference that wrapped in New York ... Read More »

May 27, 2010

Personnel changes: Thomas Allen & Son

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As of June 1, 2010, several sales agents from Thomas Allen & Son will be handling new territories. Aydin Virani will be handling trade sales for B.C. and Northern Alberta. Sandra Bowles will be taking ... Read More »

May 27, 2010

Toronto’s Glad Day Bookshop needs help to stay alive

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Toronto’s Glad Day Bookshop, the oldest gay and lesbian bookstore in the world, may soon be shutting its doors. The 40-year-old store, which has been at its 598 Yonge Street location for 27 years, has ... Read More »

May 27, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Book City location on Toronto’s Queen Street West set to close

By Q&Q Staff

The Toronto-based Book City chain is quietly closing its most recent location, 716 Queen Street West, after a two-year run. According to Book City manager Ian Donker, a closing date hasn’t been decided upon, but ... Read More »

May 26, 2010

Deals: HarperCollins scores Ron MacLean’s memoir, and more

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Jim Gifford, executive editor at HarperCollins Canada, has acquired a memoir by Ron MacLean, sportscaster and co-host of CBC's Hockey Night in Canada. Kirstie McLellan Day will co-write the as-yet-untitled book. MacLean will share his ... Read More »

May 26, 2010

BookNet bestsellers: new Canadian non-fiction (hardcover)

By Q&Q Staff

This week’s bestsellers list covers the top 20 new Canadian hardcovers, and includes titles released between January 1, 2010, and now. Michael J. Fox takes the top spot again, but Marci McDonald’s brand new The ... Read More »

May 25, 2010

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Top 10 new Canadian children’s titles

Roxanne Reads shuts its doors

Indigo reports earnings increase despite soft Q4

Canadian firms win big at Libris Awards

Canadian contingent reports bustling, somewhat over-packed BEA

Personnel changes: Thomas Allen & Son

Toronto’s Glad Day Bookshop needs help to stay alive

Book City location on Toronto’s Queen Street West set to close

Deals: HarperCollins scores Ron MacLean’s memoir, and more

BookNet bestsellers: new Canadian non-fiction (hardcover)

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