November 5, 2007
This spring, the University of Manitoba will officially open an interdisciplinary research centre devoted to studying the relationship between oral and written culture and to fostering the creation of new works of fiction and storytelling. ... Read More »
November 5, 2007
Twelve Canadian titles are among the 137 that have been longlisted for the €100,000 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award:• Moral Disorder and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday)• Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? ... Read More »
November 5, 2007
The Canadian Toy Testing Council has announced its “Great Books for 2008.” Books and toys are distributed to more than 1,000 children and then evaluated by the children and their parents. The following books were ... Read More »
November 5, 2007
The Charles Taylor Prize for the Literay Non-Fiction has donated almost 100 books to Canada's embassy in Washington D.C. The gift was presented at the IFOA in Toronto. Photos courtesy of the Charles Taylor Foundation. ... Read More »
November 5, 2007 | Filed under: Events
It’s award season, so this week’s list covers books longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and/or shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Awards – which ones are selling the most? This list covers sales for ... Read More »
November 5, 2007
As the Canadian multinational houses fret about the rising Canadian dollar and the accompanying consumer unrest, some of them are inching closer to pricing parity with the U.S. market. Earlier this week, Oxford University Press ... Read More »
November 1, 2007 | Filed under: Book links, Book news
So far discussion of the price parity issue has mostly focused on Canadian firms that import books from the U.S. But parity is now also starting to affect domestic houses that export to the U.S. ... Read More »
November 1, 2007
In response to increasing consumer frustration over the gap between U.S. and Canadian book prices, a number of booksellers across the country are taking steps to reduce in-store prices – even if that means taking ... Read More »
November 1, 2007
Expect more Indigo superstores across the country over the next year and a half, and expect to see the chain devoting more space to toys in the future. In second-quarter financial results released on Wednesday, ... Read More »
November 1, 2007
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