As one of the first steps in a recently initiated promotional effort designed to raise the profile of Quebec’s English-language writers, the Quebec Writers’ Federation launched a new database last week featuring book descriptions, bibliographic ... Read More »

By the end of April, a new independent trade bookstore owned and operated by a pair of thirtysomething women with PhDs in Canadian literature from the University of Toronto will open on Toronto’s Queen Street ... Read More »

A new project has been launched to create an online catalogue of Canadian published works that are in the public domain, Access Copyright executive director Maureen Cavan announced last Friday at the agency’s annual general ... Read More »

As has been widely reported by now, CanLit giant Margaret Atwood will be attending the London Book Fair this Sunday to officially launch her new long-distance book-signing device, the LongPen. Ever since Q&Q broke the ... Read More »

As a result of a strategic analysis that began last summer, the University of Toronto Press recently announced plans to sell off its offset printing division. But a representative of the press says the sale ... Read More »

This year, for the first time ever, the Humber School for Writers Literary Agency will join the ranks of the Canadian contingent at the London Book Fair. According to principal agent Margaret Hart, who recently ... Read More »

After announcing that revenues and operating profits of its book publishing division were down in 2005, Torstar, the parent company of romance book publisher Harlequin, expressed cautious optimism for its stake in the book world ... Read More »