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Deals: Breakwater Books acquires Barry Parsons cookbook; HarperCollins Canada to publish new Susan Juby novel; and more

Breakwater Books president and publisher Rebecca Rose has acquired world rights to the first cookbook by Rock Recipes food blogger Barry Parsons, to be published with full colour photographs in fall 2014. The deal was arranged ... Read More »

January 9, 2014

Personnel change: Broadview Press

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Broadview Press is starting the new year by announcing a shift in management roles. Effective this week, Leslie Dema assumes the position of president, taking over from Don LePan, who founded the company in 1985. ... Read More »

January 7, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Indie book sales get boost despite extreme winter weather

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In spite of heavy snowfall, extreme cold temperatures, and an ice storm that left many Canadians without power, independent booksellers across the country are boasting of a good year for holiday sales. While sales fluctuated ... Read More »

January 7, 2014

TINARS founder Marc Glassman to launch Toronto book fest in March

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What does the book launch of the future look like? Marc Glassman, artistic director of This Is Not a Reading Series, believes he has the answer. The former owner of Pages Books & Magazines (which ... Read More »

January 7, 2014

Coach House Books helps bring Brooklyn non-profit press to Canada

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Coach House Books has entered into a partnership with Ugly Duckling Presse to help bring the U.S. non-profit publisher’s titles to Canadian bookstores. Effective immediately, Coach House’s distributor, Raincoast Books, will handle titles from Brooklyn-based ... Read More »

December 31, 2013

Nicola Dufficy joins Toronto International Book Fair as programmer

By Q&Q Staff

Inspire! The Toronto International Book Fair has hired Nicola Dufficy as programmer. Most recently, Dufficy spent three years as festival director for Word on the Street Toronto before moving into the postition of WOTS’s national ... Read More »

December 20, 2013

Distribution change: Quayside Publishing Group

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Effective Jan. 1, the Quayside Publishing Group will be distributed in Canada ... Read More »

December 19, 2013

The year in news

By Q&Q Staff

As Q&Q Omni goes on hiatus over the holidays (we’ll be back on Jan. 3 with our first newsletter of 2014), here is a roundup of some of the top news stories from 2013. JANUARY ... Read More »

December 19, 2013 | Filed under: Book news

Deals: Knopf Random acquires two books by Romeo Dallaire; Pedlar Press acquires Martha Baillie novel; and more

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Knopf Canada acquired Canadian English-language rights to C.J. Sansom’s novel Dominion, a reimagining of 1950s Britain in the wake of a surrender to Nazi Germany. The book is due out in January. Dean Cooke of The Cooke ... Read More »

December 17, 2013

U of A Press acquires scholarly imprint focusing on the North

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The University of Alberta Press announced Monday morning that it has acquired CCI Press, the publishing arm of the university’s Canadian Circumpolar Institute. Effective March 31, UAP will absorb a backlist of more than 100 ... Read More »

December 16, 2013

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Deals: Breakwater Books acquires Barry Parsons cookbook; HarperCollins Canada to publish new Susan Juby novel; and more

Personnel change: Broadview Press

Indie book sales get boost despite extreme winter weather

TINARS founder Marc Glassman to launch Toronto book fest in March

Coach House Books helps bring Brooklyn non-profit press to Canada

Nicola Dufficy joins Toronto International Book Fair as programmer

Distribution change: Quayside Publishing Group

The year in news

Deals: Knopf Random acquires two books by Romeo Dallaire; Pedlar Press acquires Martha Baillie novel; and more

U of A Press acquires scholarly imprint focusing on the North

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