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September 24, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
As of Jan. 1, 2010, the sales of Insomniac Press will be handled by the Literary Press Group, and ... Read More »
September 24, 2009
Rob Sanders, publisher of Greystone Books, has invited author and biologist Richard Cannings to join the team in the newly created position of consulting editor, natural history. Cannings will generate and develop new ideas for ... Read More »
September 24, 2009
Over the past 35 years, the Canadian Book Review Annual has published more than 40,000 reviews of Canadian-authored trade, reference, and scholarly titles, making it one of the most comprehensive resources for CanLit fans anywhere.canadian-book-review-annual-seeks-new-life-as-digital-database/> ... Read More »
September 24, 2009
Newfoundland author Kevin Major, author of the children’s classics Hold Fast and The House of the Wooden Santas, is abandoning the realm of kidlit to focus on writing for adults. Major, who recently turned 60, ... Read More »
September 24, 2009
As reported on Quillblog earlier this week, the Department of Canadian Heritage has renewed its commitment to the Canadian book industry, announcing on Tuesday that it will maintain annual funding at $39.5 million over the ... Read More »
September 24, 2009
HarperCollins Canada vice-president and publisher Phyllis Bruce has acquired Giller Prize-winning author David Bergen’s new novel, The Matter with Morris, to be published in fall 2010 under the Phyllis Bruce Imprint. Bruce describes the novel ... Read More »
September 23, 2009
The International Festival of Authors has announced that this year’s Harbourfront Festival Prize, which comes with a cash award of $10,000, will be going to novelist and memoirist Helen Humphreys. Bestowed annually on an individual ... Read More »
September 23, 2009
This week’s bestsellers prove that poetry will never die as long as we’ve got university instructors keeping it alive. For the two weeks ending Sept. 13, 2009: 1 Beowulf: A New Verse Translation, Seamus Heaney, ... Read More »
September 21, 2009
The Department of Canadian Heritage is set to announce major changes to the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) and its Aid to Publishers program this week, which has a lot of Canadian publishers worried. ... Read More »
September 21, 2009
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