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Toronto librarians could face same demands as city workers

Members of the Toronto Civic Employees Union (TCEU) Local 416 – which represents the city’s garbage collectors, water workers, and parks employees – are threatening to walk off the job at midnight on June 22, ... Read More »

June 15, 2009

Distribution change: David Godine Publishers

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McArthur & Company is no longer representing David Godine Publishers, effective immediately. Customers can order directly through David R. Godine at 603-532-4100. McArthur & Company will accept returns for a 30-day period. Returns should be ... Read More »

June 11, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

ACP to launch Canadianbookshelf

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Last year, around the time Paul Quarrington’s hockey-themed novel King Leary won CBC’s Canada Reads competition, the Association of Canadian Publishers decided to try a little experiment. One of its staffers entered the search term ... Read More »

June 11, 2009

Debra Anderson wins Dayne Ogilvie Grant

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The Writers’ Trust of Canada has named Toronto author Debra Anderson as the recipient of the third annual Dayne Ogilvie Grant. The $4,000 grant is given to an emerging gay Canadian writer. Debra Anderson ... Read More »

June 11, 2009

Kinsella wins lifetime achievement award

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Author W.P. Kinsella has received the George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award, an annual prize given to a B.C. author for an enduring contribution to the literary arts. Kinsella has written more than 20 books, including ... Read More »

June 11, 2009 | Filed under: Book links

Atwood’s sort-of trilogy

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There appears to be some disagreement between McClelland & Stewart and Vintage Canada over the nature of Margaret Atwood’s upcoming novel, The Year of the Flood. M&S, which will publish the book in hardcover next ... Read More »

June 11, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Deals: Claudia Dey’s next novel lands at HarperCollins

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HarperCollins Canada editorial director Jennifer Lambert has acquired the next novel by Claudia Dey, whose debut, Stunt, was published by Coach House Books in 2008. Set in 1968 in Toronto’s Cabbagetown neighbourhood, Hotel Splendid is ... Read More »

June 10, 2009

Ricci, Bumsted win CAA Literary Awards

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The 2009 Canadian Authors Association Literary Awards were announced on June 6. The winners were: CAA/MOSAID Technologies Award for Fiction ($2,500): Nino Ricci, The Origin of Species (Doubleday Canada) CAA/Lela Common Award for Canadian History ... Read More »

June 8, 2009

H.B. Fenn shuffles its marketing and publicity departments

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H.B. Fenn and Company has made a few changes to its publicity and marketing departments in the wake of publicist Vimala Jeevanandam’s recent departure. Former senior marketing associate Katherine Wilson has taken over Jeevanandam’s role, ... Read More »

June 8, 2009

M&S, MQUP big winners in Canada Council grant sweepstakes

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Once again, McClelland & Stewart is the top recipient in the Canada Council for the Art’s block grant program. The company will receive a total of $172,300 in 2009, considerably more than the next highest ... Read More »

June 8, 2009

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Toronto librarians could face same demands as city workers

Distribution change: David Godine Publishers

ACP to launch Canadianbookshelf

Debra Anderson wins Dayne Ogilvie Grant

Kinsella wins lifetime achievement award

Atwood’s sort-of trilogy

Deals: Claudia Dey’s next novel lands at HarperCollins

Ricci, Bumsted win CAA Literary Awards

H.B. Fenn shuffles its marketing and publicity departments

M&S, MQUP big winners in Canada Council grant sweepstakes

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