There’s a variety of subjects – and publishers – on the shortlist for this year's Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-fiction, which was unveiled in Toronto on Wednesday morning. Four titles have been nominated for ... Read More »

Fans of one of Canada’s most-beloved television properties will soon be able to follow their favourite characters off the screen and onto the pages of a new series of graphic novels. The Toronto book packager ... Read More »

Spurred by two spring releases from major international crime writers, Vintage Canada will be launching a new line of books called World of Crime.The advent of the line, essentially an attempt to reposition the publisher’s ... Read More »

Douglas & McIntyre stands to be one of the big beneficiaries of Oprah Winfrey’s latest selection for her immensely popular book club.After spurring James Frey’s now-controversial book A Million Little Pieces to the top ofoprah-selection/> ... Read More »

Joe Sherman, longtime editor of Arts Atlantic and pillar of the PEI arts and writing community, died Monday of pancreatic and liver cancer. He was 60.Born in 1945 in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Sherman remained a ... Read More »

It may be the week’s hot topic in publishing circles, but the controversy over American author James Frey’s memoir A Million Little Pieces hasn’t made much impact in bookstores. Q&Q Omni contacted several Canadian booksellers ... Read More »

In a restructuring move, Oxford University Press Canada has laid off two senior-level staff in its trade and reference division: Vice-president and division director Krystyna Ross and trade and reference national accounts manager Sarah Jarvis ... Read More »