Marilyn Biderman, McClelland & Stewart's director of rights and contracts, is being promoted to vice-president as of Jan. ... Read More »
December 6, 2007
Doubleday Canada editor Amy Black has acquired a new YA novel by author kc dyer. A Walk Through the Window is about a teenage girl who walks through the window of an old, ruined house ... Read More »
December 5, 2007 | Filed under: Book news
As readers settle down with this year’s Governor General’s Literary Award winners – announced last week – several of last year’s winners are being made available as audiobooks, thanks to a new initiative led by ... Read More »
December 3, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news
Given that Miriam Toews’ 2004 novel A Complicated Kindness has sold 200,000 copies domestically, booksellers across the country have been eagerly awaiting the Winnipeg author’s follow-up. They’ll have to wait a little longer yet – ... Read More »
December 3, 2007
A community reading program that promotes a specific title throughout native libraries has chosen Leo Yerxa’s picture book Ancient Thunder for its 2008 campaign. But after taking last year off, the First Nations Communities Read ... Read More »
December 3, 2007
North 49 Books: The Ontario wholesaler has announced a pricing-related twist for its annual selection of recommended titles. Typically, each holiday season North 49 promotes anywhere from 20 to 40 “Most Valuable Picks,” selected by ... Read More »
December 3, 2007
Among the four titles nominated for this year’s City of Vancouver Book Award are two novels, a photography book, and an illustrated history of the city’s neighbourhoods.The novels are Anita Rau Badami’s Can You Hear ... Read More »
November 30, 2007
This week’s list covers the top poetry titles for the two weeks ending Nov. 25, as tracked by BookNet Canada’s BNC SalesData service. The tally includes two Beowulfs, two Nerudas, two Blakes, two Leonard Cohens, ... Read More »
November 30, 2007 | Filed under: Book links, Book news
A Toronto group offering networking and professional development for young publishing employees has taken an unplanned hiatus this fall. The Book Publishers’ Professional Association typically runs seminars and panel discussions throughout the fall season, but ... Read More »
November 29, 2007
House of Anansi Press has rearranged its staff slightly over the past two weeks. The most notable change is that senior editor Kevin Linder has been let go. According to Anansi president Sarah MacLachlan, Linder’s ... Read More »
November 29, 2007
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