Markets Initiative, a Vancouver-based environmental organization, was awarded top prize last weekend at the BENNY Awards for its campaign to get publishers to print Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on environmentally friendly paper. The ... Read More »

The Ontario Arts Council is in the midst of a large-scale consultation with arts groups across the province in the first stage of developing a new five-year strategic plan. John Brotman, executive director of the ... Read More »

Kim Beatty, a Toronto lawyer, is creating a new way to give books to children in the city who otherwise might not have access to them. She plans to open the Children’s Book Bank in ... Read More »

This week’s list covers the top art books for the two weeks ending Oct. 14, as tracked by BookNet Canada’s BNC SalesData service.   1.    Lifetime of Secrets, Frank Warren (HarperCollins, $31 cl, 9780061238604)   ... Read More »

Like many scholarly publishers, University of Toronto Press is digitizing part of its catalogue, a project that will broaden access, give new life to out-of-print titles, and introduce a revenue stream for the publisher and ... Read More »

It’s only a little over a year since Joanne Saul and Samara Walbohm opened Type Books in Toronto’s Trinity Bellwoods area, but already they’re expanding the business. According to Saul, they will be opening a ... Read More »