There’s a degree of uncertainty surrounding next week’s London Book Fair (taking place Apr. 16 to 18) due to the fact that it is being held in a new venue, the centrally located Earl’s Court ... Read More »
April 9, 2007
Author Kenneth J. Harvey has released the longlist for the seventh annual ReLit Awards, which recognize independent titles in novel, short fiction, and poetry categories:SHORT STORIES:1. Gargoyles by Bill Gaston (House of Anansi Press)2. The ... Read More »
April 9, 2007
As we return from Easter weekend, this week’s list covers the top 20 religion-related titles for the two weeks ending April 1, as tracked by BookNet Canada’s BNC SalesData service.1. The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins(Houghton ... Read More »
April 9, 2007 | Filed under: Book news
After 37 years in operation, the Christian Booksellers Association will be dissolving at the end of April. Executive director Marlene Coghlin says dwindling memberships and increasing difficulties in providing services to members contributed to the ... Read More »
April 9, 2007
Association of Book Publishers of B.C. (ABPBC) will award Karl Siegler the eighth annual Gray Campbell Distinguished Service Award to recognize his important contributions to the book industry in British Columbia on April 12. Siegler, ... Read More »
April 9, 2007
Montreal’s Snare Books announced that Natalie Zina Walschots is the winner of the first annual Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry. Her manuscript, Thumbscrews, will be published in the fall of 2007 by Snare Books. ... Read More »
April 5, 2007
HarperCollins Canada has added a major American line to its stable, having lured Hyperion Books away from its longtime Canadian distributor, H.B. Fenn and Company.Harper Canada will officially begin selling and distributing Hyperion’s adult trade ... Read More »
April 4, 2007
Long before the advent of the Web and personal computing, Michel Foucault remarked that “the frontiers of the book are never clear-cut.” His point was that though our notion of the “book” is becoming broader, ... Read More »
April 4, 2007 | Filed under: Book news
Six Gaspereau Press authors. (Photos by Quill & Quire.) George Elliott Clarke proudly displays a copy of his newest collection, Trudeau: Long March, Shining Path. All the way around the table of poets and friends: ... Read More »
April 4, 2007 | Filed under: Events
The B.C.-based Heritage House Group – made up of member publishers Heritage House Publishing, TouchWood Editions, and Rocky Mountain Books – has announced several changes to its operations, the most notable being the addition of ... Read More »
April 4, 2007
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