This week’s list covers the top biography and autobiography titles for the two weeks ending Sept. 30, as tracked by BookNet Canada’s BNC SalesData service.   1. The Age of Turbulence, Alan Greenspan (Penguin, $42 ... Read More »

How do you attract a big crowd for a children’s literature symposium? Deirdre Baker, a professor who teaches children’s literature at the University of Toronto, and Susan Perren, director of development and alumni affairs at ... Read More »

When the Toronto Reference Library celebrates its 30th anniversary on Nov. 2, organizers hope the event will coincide with the launch of its first “virtual book,” says Linda Mackenzie, director of research and reference libraries ... Read More »

Though Random House of Canada and its various imprints went into today’s Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist announcement with only three titles on the fifteen-title longlist, with two more from McClelland & Stewart, which is 25% ... Read More »

A joyful whoop went up from Madeleine Thien’s table when the winner of the Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award was announced at a ceremony in Toronto last night. The author of Certainty is soft-spokencertainty-wins-first-novel-award/> ... Read More »

HarperCollins Canada is looking for a  marketing manager in the wake of the resignation of Lindsey Lowy, who left the company about two weeks ago. Eric Jensen, vice-president of marketing, said he could not comment ... Read More »

The Ontario Liberal Party is asking the arts community to consider its record over the past four years – including an increase in arts funding and the drafting of new artist-friendly legislation – when heading ... Read More »

For the first time ever, HarperCollins Canada is making a committed foray into the audiobook market. The new endeavour, which has been branded HarperAudio Canada, will debut over the next two months with eight titles, ... Read More »