Apple’s newly unveiled iPad will be available in Canada as early as this March, but according to Apple execs the company’s iBooks app and corresponding e-books store won’t be available outside the U.S., at least ... Read More »

McNally Robinson’s bankruptcy protection hearing came to an end this week, and it looks as if the family-owned bookseller’s two remaining stores – the Grant Park headquarters in Winnipeg and a location in Saskatoon – ... Read More »

Regular readers of The Globe and Mail’s Books section may have noticed a recent change to the paper’s review coverage: the disappearance of Margaret Cannon’s crime and mystery column. Cannon’s last column appeared in print ... Read More »

As many in the publishing world are doubtless aware, next Thursday is the deadline for copyright holders to opt out of the revised Google Book Search settlement.  To recap: last year, the original settlement was ... Read More »

Becky Toyne, the well-regarded communications coordinator for Authors at Harbourfront, has decided to leave the position to pursue freelance editing. Toyne, whose chief responsibility was to the International Festival of Authors, was in charge of ... Read More »

What place do environmental issues have in the realm of children’s literature? That’s the question that will be discussed on March 5 and 6 at a symposium hosted by the University of Toronto’s Trinity College, ... Read More »