When a small, upstart publishing house also claims to be the country’s “fourth most popular gun manufacturer,” you know its founders have fallen under the sway of U.S. indie publishing king Dave Eggers. The indie ... Read More »

When Annick Press author Kathy Stinson participates in her next writing workshop, it will be a long way from her native Toronto: she’ll be mentoring in Africa, as part of the Canadian Organization for Development ... Read More »

Canadian history won out at the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-fiction gala on Monday afternoon, as Tim Cook took the $25,000 award for Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting the Great War, 1917-1918, Volume Two (Penguin ... Read More »

Now that BookExpo Canada has been scrapped, groups with events tied to the show are being forced to rethink their plans. One of the most notable events tied to the fair, the Canadian Booksellers Association’s ... Read More »

The demise of BookExpo Canada earlier this week has left many in the industry chattering about what kind of event – or events – might be created to take its place. Though it’ll likely be ... Read More »

Booky’s Crush, the third made-for-TV movie based on the late Bernice Thurman Hunter’s Booky trilogy, premieres this month on CBC, and it will be accompanied by something the previous two films lacked: a tie-in edition ... Read More »