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Two Ontario bookstores merge

Two independent bookstores in Picton, Ontario – one selling new books, the other used – have come up with an unusual defence against megastore competition: they’ve merged. The new store, Books & Company, which opened ... Read More »

March 27, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

2008 Manitoba Book Awards shortlists announced

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The Manitoba Book Awards Committee has announced the shortlists for the 20th annual Manitoba Book Awards, which will be celebrated at a free event at the Winnipeg Art Gallery on April 26. The shortlisted titles ... Read More »

March 27, 2008 | Filed under: Events

Money coming for Ontario school libraries

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In their $96-billion budget announced earlier this week, the Ontario Liberals made no mention of the $80-million they’d previously promised for the purchase of books for the province’s ailing school libraries. Furthermore, as of yesterday, ... Read More »

March 27, 2008

Deals: March 27, 2008

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McArthur & Company president Kim McArthur has acquired Canadian rights to a new work of fiction by Lisa Dow. It’d Be Funny If It Wasn’t My Life is a comic novel about a thirty-something woman ... Read More »

March 26, 2008

Broadview downsizes, sells 250 titles to UTP

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Broadview Press, one of Canada’s largest independent academic publishers, is selling off its social sciences and history lists to University of Toronto Press. The deal, worth between $1-million and $1.2-million, comprises more than 250 in-print ... Read More »

March 24, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Flying Dragon co-owner goes to work at Robert Rose

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Bookstore owner Nina McCreath has a new, second job – this Wednesday, she will join cookbook publisher Robert Rose as manager, corporate accounts. McCreath runs the Flying Dragon Bookshop in Toronto with Cathy Francis and ... Read More »

March 24, 2008

Donner shortlist unveiled

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Guns, crime, war, and ... sustainable energy are among the hot-button social issues covered in the five books shortlisted for this year's Donner Prize. The annual award recognizes a Canadian non-fiction title on public policy. ... Read More »

March 24, 2008

BookNet Canada bestsellers: gardening books

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In a tribute to the official start of the spring season (which has turned out to be sadly ironic in many parts of the country), this week's bestseller rankings cover the top 20 gardening titles ... Read More »

March 24, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Knighton gets documentary treatment

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A bit of CanLit has made its way into Hot Docs, Toronto’s annual documentary film festival. The fest, which runs in April, will screen As Slow As Possible, an hour-long film directed by Scott Smith ... Read More »

March 24, 2008

Vancouver “one book” shortlist twice as nice for Arsenal Pulp

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The Vancouver Public Library has released this year's shortlist for its annual "One Book, One Vancouver" campaign, and two of the three nominees are published by local house Arsenal Pulp Press. They are David Chariandy's ... Read More »

March 24, 2008

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Two Ontario bookstores merge

2008 Manitoba Book Awards shortlists announced

Money coming for Ontario school libraries

Deals: March 27, 2008

Broadview downsizes, sells 250 titles to UTP

Flying Dragon co-owner goes to work at Robert Rose

Donner shortlist unveiled

BookNet Canada bestsellers: gardening books

Knighton gets documentary treatment

Vancouver “one book” shortlist twice as nice for Arsenal Pulp

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