Michael Tamblyn brings experience from both inside and outside the book trade to his new position as CEO of BookNet Canada, the recently formed supply chain agency. Tamblyn got his start at the “truly amazing” ... Read More »

In March of 1998, Martha Kanya-Forstner began an editorial internship at Doubleday Canada. Six weeks later she was hired as Maya Mavjee’s assistant, and she has been working with Mavjee ever since, most recently as ... Read More »

Margaret Bryant began selling trade and professional titles for John Wiley & Sons Canada in Montreal (covering Eastern Canada), then moved to Toronto to cover southwestern Ontario. After Wiley, Bryant put in a brief stint ... Read More »

Laurie Greenwood received a BA from the University of Alberta in 1978, then joined her siblings to open Greenwoods’ Bookshoppe in Edmonton. Two years ago she left the family business to run her own store, ... Read More »

She’s worked at H.B. Fenn, Douglas & McIntyre, and Stewart House, and Kathy Goncharenko is now settling into a new role at Scholastic Canada, where she’s taken over as general manager of the trade division. ... Read More »

Jan Walter, a graduate of Carleton University, operated her own bookstore, Fifth Business Books, in the late 1970s. Her publishing career began in 1970 at Hurtig Publishers, where she was editor-in-chief; later, she held editorial ... Read More »

Eric Jensen has worked in book retailing for a little over 20 years. Though he turned in brief stints at The Computer Book Source and Books n’ Books in Calgary, the bulk of his experience ... Read More »