Toronto author and venture capitalist Sean Wise has sold world rights to a new business title to the Penguin U.S. imprint Perigee. How to Be a Business Superhero is a guide that uses comic-book superheroes ... Read More »
August 8, 2007
Karen Fraczkowski has been promoted to trade purchasing manager, filling the position vacated by the retiring Nick Pashley last month. Fraczkowski has worked for the bookstore for several years in a variety of positions, most ... Read More »
August 8, 2007
A book about the legendary schooner Bluenose has won the annual Keith Matthews Award. Keith McLaren’s A Race for Real Sailors: The Bluenose and the International Fishermen’s Cup, 1920-1938 (Douglas & McIntyre) was named thebluenose-title-takes-nautical-book-prize/> ... Read More »
August 8, 2007
Michael Redhill’s 2006 novel about Toronto, Consolation, has made the longlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize. The book is published by Heinemann in the U.K. and Doubleday Canada here. (An Anchor Canada trade paper ... Read More »
August 7, 2007
As of next week, there’s a new manager for the Aid to Publishers component of the Book Publishing Industry Development Program. David Schimpky moves into the job on Aug. 14.Schimpky replaces Denise Harper, who had ... Read More »
August 7, 2007
A new book giveaway program in Nova Scotia has been set up in honour of area sales rep Alan Cameron, who died last fall. Almost 2,000 new and “lightly used” books have already been donated ... Read More »
August 7, 2007
OK, this week’s list actually covers the top children’s titles for the two weeks ending July 29, as tracked by BookNet Canada’s BNC SalesData service. But the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ... Read More »
August 3, 2007
It’s hard to imagine an author more eager to correct his mistakes than Ken McGoogan. In 1996, just three short years after the Nova Scotia-based Pottersfield Press published his debut novel, Visions of Kerouac, McGoogan ... Read More »
August 3, 2007
Peter Thomas, the former publisher of Goose Lane Editions and an influential figure in Atlantic Canada’s literary scene, died in his St. Andrews, New Brunswick, home on July 20 after a two-year battle with colon ... Read More »
August 2, 2007
In first-quarter results released this week, Indigo Books & Music saw sales growth in all three of its retail channels: superstores, small-format stores, and e-commerce. According to the Indigo report, the chain’s overall revenue for ... Read More »
August 2, 2007
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