The world of Canadian independent book retailing was dealt a double blow this week, as two important fixtures of the Atlantic Canadian scene – The Book Room in Halifax and Bennington Gate in St. John’s ... Read More »
January 31, 2008
Indigo Books appears to have weathered the rise of the loonie in its third quarter, reporting gains are up over the same quarter last year. In results released this week, the chain shows a slight ... Read More »
January 31, 2008
As primary season heats up in the U.S., this week's bestsellers cover the top 20 political titles for the two weeks ending Jan. 27, 2008, as tracked by BookNet Canada's BNC SalesData service. 1. Charlie ... Read More »
January 31, 2008
Finalists for the Writers' Trust of Canada's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for political writing were announced Jan. 30.The five finalists are Clive Doucet for Urban Meltdown: Cities, Climate Change and Politics as Usual (New Society); Richard ... Read More »
January 30, 2008
Penguin Canada has acquired Canadian rights to a new work of fiction by Sherri Vanderveen. The Hobbyist is about a man who abandoned his family many years ago after a tragic fire, but has returned ... Read More »
January 30, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Artist and writer Michael Kluckner has won the 2007 City of Vancouver Book Award for his work Vancouver Remembered (Whitecap Books), which looks at Vancouver’s evolving neighbourhoods through archival photos and his own illustrated watercolours.Mayor ... Read More »
January 30, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Assistant publisher Angela Rawlings is leaving Toronto literary publisher The Mercury Press in order to dedicate more time to arts education. During her five years at Mercury, Rawlings handled all aspects of press operations, from ... Read More »
January 30, 2008
Having been laid off from Raincoast Books a few weeks ago in that company's large-scale contraction, former children’s editor Tonya Martin has found a new home with the fledgling Vancouver press House of Parlance Media. ... Read More »
January 28, 2008
Legendary broadcaster and editor Robert Weaver, a champion of many golden-age CanLit stars, has died at the age of 87. Weaver died in Toronto on Saturday, having been hospitalized late last month. As the producer ... Read More »
January 28, 2008
After the departure of veteran publicists Janis Ackroyd and Melissa Ong in late December, H.B. Fenn and Company has restructured its publicity department with three newcomers. The firm’s marketing assistant, Vimala Jeevanandam, has been promoted ... Read More »
January 28, 2008
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