Dianne Young has joined as account manager for Ontario schools and public libraries from Mississauga westward. ... Read More »
January 28, 2008
This week’s list covers the top non-fiction titles for the two weeks ending Jan. 20, as tracked by BookNet Canada’s BNC SalesData service. 1. The Innocent Man, John Grisham (Dell Publishing/Random House, $11.99 mm+, 9780440244684) ... Read More »
January 25, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Indigo’s Love of Reading Fund got a boost yesterday from Random House of Canada, which announced plans to contribute $150,000 to the pro-literacy foundation over the next three years. According to director of marketing and ... Read More »
January 24, 2008
Simon & Schuster Canada has laid off marketing and publicity vice-president Rosslyn Junke in a move to combine the sales and marketing departments. Junke was laid off last week; in an internal memo, president Kevin ... Read More »
January 24, 2008
Penguin Canada announced several editorial restructuring moves this week, in what president and publisher David Davidar calls an effort “to keep up the momentum.” The firm is shuffling some duties, looking to bolster its genre ... Read More »
January 24, 2008
Between the Lines is moving new faces into key positions. Earlier this month, the Toronto press, which specializes in social justice issues, hired a new editorial co-ordinator: Anjula Gogia has replaced Paul Eprile (who left ... Read More »
January 24, 2008
The fall of 2007 will be remembered as a watershed moment in the Canadian book business. Last September, when the value of the Canadian dollar matched the American one for the first time since the ... Read More »
January 24, 2008
Penguin Canada president and publisher David Davidar has bought world rights to Edeet Ravel’s next two novels. The first, Your Sad Eyes and Unforgettable Mouth, about the daughter of Holocaust survivors, will be released in ... Read More »
January 23, 2008
The nominees for the 2008 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-fiction were announced this morning and, after a 2007 shortlist that included only three nominees, this year’s five-title shortlist seems especially robust. The love was ... Read More »
January 22, 2008
A small Montreal press is planning an unconventional Toronto launch for an equally unconventional title that pairs comics artists and journalists in an exposé of the global mining industry. First published last November by Cumulus ... Read More »
January 21, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
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