Former House of Anansi publisher Martha Sharpe has taken on some freelance work – editing two forthcoming titles for Raincoast Books – while continuing to plan the next step in her career. Sharpe, whose name ... Read More »

What I Meant to Say, a collection of 25 essays on the private lives of men edited by Toronto writer and broadcaster Ian Brown and published in October by Thomas Allen Publishers, is being marketed ... Read More »

Natasha Daneman, former executive assistant to Westwood Creative Artists president and CEO Bruce Westwood, has been promoted to subsidiary rights director for the literary agency. Daneman will take over from Nicole Winstanley, who was hired ... Read More »

Earlier this morning, CBC Radio host Bill Richardson announced the shortlist for the 2006 Canada Reads literary battle, which will take place between April 17 and 21. The selections were as follows:• Three Day Road ... Read More »

Alberta's Altitude Publishing has launched Late-Breaking Amazing Stories, a new line in its series of popular general audience non-fiction titles, Amazing Stories. In some significant ways, the new line will mark a departure from the ... Read More »

Frontier College, a Canadian literacy organization, is hoping to raise funds by launching First eDitions, an online auction of signed first-edition books, through eBay. Bidding on a rare, signed, adult-cover edition of Harry Potter and ... Read More »

Carolyn Weaver, producer and host of Fine Print and other book- and print-related television series, is adding another show to her oeuvre. The Voices of Religion, a contemporary look at religious and spiritual issues, will ... Read More »