Orca Book Publishers is working with Toronto-based TumbleBooks to produce online read-along versions of many of Orca’s books for reluctant readers. “We’d been thinking about these kinds of things – audio – but finding a ... Read More »

Genre fiction’s place in the Canadian publishing scene has never been terribly secure. And the case of John MacLachlan Gray’s upcoming novel only underscores its precariousness.When the Vancouver author submitted his latest manuscript to Random ... Read More »

To promote Will Ferguson’s new novel Spanish Fly, both author and publisher are taking a step into the music biz. Penguin Canada has co-produced a soundtrack for the book. The audio CD, which will be ... Read More »

This week’s list covers the top sports and recreation frontlist titles (which in this case refers to editions published since October 2006) for the two weeks ending Aug. 12, as tracked by BookNet Canada’s BNC ... Read More »

Following news of Margaret Avison’s death, publishers and fellow poets have been paying tribute to one of Canada’s literary stars. “She was one of Canada’s great poets,” said McClelland & Stewart fiction publisher Ellen Seligman, ... Read More »

Closely following the departure of former sales and marketing manager Margaret Bryant, the Literary Press Group has secured a replacement. Martha Bucci, most recently the director of sales and rights at Madison Press Books, will ... Read More »

Now that fans have had a chance to read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and answer burning questions about the fates of the characters, one question remains: what did the seventh and final Potter ... Read More »

It’s only been a week since Penguin Canada’s dismissal of publicity manager David Leonard, but the company has already found a replacement. HarperCollins Canada publicist Debbie Gaudet will be moving to Penguin to fill Leonard’s ... Read More »