After a seven-year hiatus, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre is bringing back their popular art auction for this year’s big fundraiser in Toronto.Three previous art auction fundraisers in the 1990s were very successful, and people ... Read More »

A dispute between the founder of a chain of franchised bookstores and the franchisees has apparently driven the head office of Page & Turners, a mini-chain that had as many as seven stores, out of ... Read More »

A committee of publishers and booksellers has called for a Toronto festival of public author events to run concurrently with BookExpo Canada.That’s the major recommendation to come out of the BookExpo Canada Industry Task Force ... Read More »

Sales are up again at Indigo, according to first-quarter results released this week. The retail chain’s overall revenue for the 13 weeks ending July 1, 2006, was $170.4-million, up $6.2-million from the same period last ... Read More »

Currency exchange rates continued to eat into Harlequin’s profits in second-quarter results released this week. The firm recorded a $17-million drop in revenue in the quarter, largely because of “currency movements.” The Toronto-based multinational romance ... Read More »