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Lloyd Kelly leaves HarperCollins Canada

HarperCollins Canada’s vice-president of sales Lloyd Kelly is leaving the company. Having started 30 years ago as a student working in the former Collins warehouse, Kelly worked his way up the publishing ladder as the ... Read More »

July 17, 2008

Staff changes at Doubleday Canada

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Martha Leonard will be taking on the newly created position of associate managing editor, effective immediately. Leonard came to Random House of Canada as an intern for Knopf Canada and then went to Scotland to ... Read More »

July 17, 2008

Deals, July 17, 2008

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Scott Steedman, associate publisher of Douglas & McIntyre, has purchased Canadian rights to Lawrence Scanlan’s forthcoming book, tentatively titled My Year of Living Generously: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Philanthropy. The book will provide an ... Read More »

July 16, 2008

Actionopolis/Komikwerks

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Effective immediately, Publishers Group Canada no longer represents Actionopolis/Komikwerks (ISBN prefixes 978-0-9742803; ... Read More »

July 16, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Pop Montreal launches literary contest

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The Pop Montreal music festival has partnered with Montreal-based literary magazine Matrix to host a new literary competition aimed at discovering new writing talent from across Canada. The Matrix Litpop award will go to one ... Read More »

July 14, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

New indie bookstore opens in Sault Ste. Marie

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A new independent bookstore is opening in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario – and it’s the only one in town. Read More Books is Mark Dunn’s answer to the two Coles stores that bookend his town. ... Read More »

July 14, 2008

BookNet Canada bestsellers: showbiz and performing arts

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This week’s bestseller listings cover the top 20 showbiz- and performing arts-related titles for the two weeks ending July 6, 2008, as tracked by BookNet Canada’s BNC SalesData. Summer blockbusters dominate the list, but it’s ... Read More »

July 11, 2008

Great Plains launches new literary imprint

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Winnipeg small press Great Plains Publications has launched a new literary fiction imprint, Enfield & Wizenty. "Great Plains has an identity as a regional press, and for the imprint we wanted to have a national ... Read More »

July 10, 2008

StatsCan report shows book publishing revenues down in 2006

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Operating revenues for Canada’s book publishers fell slightly in 2006, according to a Statistics Canada report released today. Operating revenues for the country’s book publishing industry were down 1.2% to $2.1-billion in 2006, following a ... Read More »

July 10, 2008

Barry Jowett to leave Dundurn

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The Dundurn Group’s editorial director, Barry Jowett, will be leaving the company at the end of the month. Jowett is moving to the West Coast with his wife, a medical lab technician, who was offered ... Read More »

July 10, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

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Lloyd Kelly leaves HarperCollins Canada

Staff changes at Doubleday Canada

Deals, July 17, 2008

Actionopolis/Komikwerks

Pop Montreal launches literary contest

New indie bookstore opens in Sault Ste. Marie

BookNet Canada bestsellers: showbiz and performing arts

Great Plains launches new literary imprint

StatsCan report shows book publishing revenues down in 2006

Barry Jowett to leave Dundurn

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