As part of the proposed 2014 budget, the federal government has promised to renew the Canada Book Fund and make a $9-million supplemental portion of the fund permanent. The $9 million top-up was introduced in ... Read More »

This spring, Vancouver’s Main Street will become home to a new bookstore.* Black Bond Books has signed a lease for a second Book Warehouse location to open on May 31. In 2012, Black Bond purchased ... Read More »

For the second time in a year, Oxford University Press Canada has axed a division of its Canadian publishing program. As of last week, the company has ceased operating its K–12 publishing program. The news ... Read More »

About 250 representatives from the writing and publishing sector will gather in Montreal this week to take part in a series of discussions aimed at nothing short of establishing a blueprint for the future of ... Read More »

After a decade in and around Queen’s Park, Toronto’s Word on the Street festival has announced that in September 2015 it will relocate from the heart of downtown to the Harbourfront Centre, home of the ... Read More »

Four major publishing houses have settled with the Competition Bureau following an 18-month investigation into ebook pricing in Canada. The agreement requires the publishers to remove or amend clauses in their distribution agreements that restrict ... Read More »

Coach House Books is set to launch Kaffeeklatsch, a monthly seminar series on the business of writing and publishing. The events will take place at the press’s iconic Toronto headquarters. Book designer Ingrid Paulson, who ... Read More »

With Southern Ontario digging out from yet another winter whiteout, ECW Press has announced the forthcoming publication of Ice Storm, Ontario 2013*, a photography collection developed in partnership with the Toronto Star. The book is ... Read More »