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Globe takes Adams off books beat

As dedicated readers of The Globe and Mail may have already surmised, James Adams, the paper’s long-time books reporter, has been taken off the beat and replaced by former Toronto city columnist John Barber. The ... Read More »

July 13, 2009 | Filed under: Books of the Year

BookNet bestsellers: comics and graphic novels

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Manga titles dominate this week’s list of the top 20 comics and graphic novels, but a few superhero titles managed to sneak in as well. For the two weeks ending July 5, 2009: 1 Watchmen, ... Read More »

July 13, 2009

Marquee authors bolster Kingston literary fest

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The Kingston WritersFest, a modest four-year-old festival that was in danger of folding, has blossomed into what may well be one of the marquee literary events of the fall, with a lineup including heavyweights Margaret ... Read More »

July 13, 2009 | Filed under: Books of the Year

McNally Robinson expands into airport retail

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The Prairies-based indie bookselling chain McNally Robinson is set to expand once again, this time into the airport bookselling market. The news came to light Tuesday during a press conference for the new James Richardson ... Read More »

July 9, 2009

New rules for translation funding

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After almost a year of deliberations, the Department of Canadian Heritage has finally come up with a plan for disbursing $5-million in funds for French-English translations. The big news is that the money, which was ... Read More »

July 9, 2009

Pages packs it in

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It looks as if the writing is finally on the wall for Toronto institution Pages Books & Magazines. After months of fruitless negotiations with the landlord and failed attempts to find a suitable new location, ... Read More »

July 9, 2009

Deals: Charles Foran profiles extraordinary Canadian Maurice Richard

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As part of Penguin Canada’s Extraordinary Canadians series, editorial director Diane Turbide has acquired world English- and French-language rights to Maurice Richard by Charles Foran, with publication scheduled for March 2011. The deal was arranged ... Read More »

July 8, 2009

Penguin sales rep Adrienne Kerr steps into editorial role

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Just over a year ago, in an effort to bolster its genre output, Penguin Canada brought in Harlequin editor Laura Shin to fill the newly created role of commercial fiction editor. Last May, however, Shin ... Read More »

July 6, 2009

TINARS for Tots to be re-branded

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With the fall book season fast approaching, Toronto’s This Is Not A Reading Series is preparing to tweak its business model yet again. After parting ways with Pages Books & Magazines last March to become ... Read More »

July 6, 2009

Melanie Little joins Annick Press

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Six months after stepping down as editor of Freehand Books, Melanie Little has resurfaced in a new editorial role with Annick Press. The author and editor – who put the fledgling literary imprint, a division ... Read More »

July 6, 2009

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Globe takes Adams off books beat

BookNet bestsellers: comics and graphic novels

Marquee authors bolster Kingston literary fest

McNally Robinson expands into airport retail

New rules for translation funding

Pages packs it in

Deals: Charles Foran profiles extraordinary Canadian Maurice Richard

Penguin sales rep Adrienne Kerr steps into editorial role

TINARS for Tots to be re-branded

Melanie Little joins Annick Press

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