Barbara Ann Sears, an editorial and visual researcher who worked with Pierre Berton on many of his books, died of pancreatic cancer at Toronto Grace Hospice on Aug. 25, 2009, after an illness of five ... Read More »
September 3, 2009
The nominees for the 2009 Canadian Culinary Book Awards – organized by Cuisine Canada and the University of Guelph – were announced earlier this week. The winners will be announced Nov. 6 in Toronto, on ... Read More »
September 3, 2009
H.B. Fenn and Company will no longer be handling Canadian distribution of Soundprints (ISBN prefixes: 978-1-56899, 978-1-59249), effective immediately. Returns will be accepted until Nov. 15, 2009. Fenn will continue to sell existing Soundprints inventory ... Read More »
September 3, 2009
Transit Publishing international marketing and communications manager Richard Cazeau will be leaving the company as of Sept. 5. All inquiries ... Read More »
September 3, 2009
Penguin Canada editor Adrienne Kerr has acquired Canadian English-language rights to Coppermine by Keith Ross Leckie. Set in 1917 in the remote Arctic, the book is part wilderness adventure, part romance, and part historical true ... Read More »
September 2, 2009
Comic book and graphic novel lovers will be able to finish off their summer reading with these bestselling titles. For the two weeks ending August 23, 2009: 1 Watchmen, Alan Moore (Random House Canada/DC Comics, ... Read More »
August 31, 2009
The one-year-old “dark fiction” publisher ChiZine Publications just keeps on growing. After joining with the Literary Press Group a few months back and dramatically increasing its production slate to one title per month, the press ... Read More »
August 31, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
The Writers’ Union of Canada chair Erna Paris has been appointed to the Honourary Council of the Canadian Centre for International Justice. The Council brings together former Supreme Court judges, politicians, and others in an ... Read More »
August 31, 2009
Alice Munro caused a bit of a ruckus last week by withdrawing her latest short story collection – the exceedingly well-reviewed Too Much Happiness – from contention for the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize. According to ... Read More »
August 31, 2009
Debra Schram, former owner and partner of Hornblower Books, has left the company to become sales director ... Read More »
August 27, 2009
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