New COO for discount book chain

Sharman King, a founding partner of Vancouver-based discount bookseller Book Warehouse, has hired Cindy Oxenbury to take over as chief operating officer, though King will continue to act as the company’s chief executive officer. King ... Read More »

November 14, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Will Ferguson (2001)

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The prolific and cranky Will Ferguson

November 14, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Ann-Marie MacDonald

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Into orbit

November 14, 2005

Name that extremophile

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Children have the chance to name a new species of extremophile (lifeforms that flourish in extreme temperatures, pressures, pH levels, and other conditions) as part of a campaign by Maple Tree Press to promote a ... Read More »

November 14, 2005

Firefly title wins Heritage Toronto Award

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Toronto Between the Wars: Life in the City 1919-1939 by Charis Cotter, published by Firefly Books, has won the Heritage Toronto Award of Excellence in the book category. The awards are given out annually by ... Read More »

November 11, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

HarperCollins names senior editor for non-fiction imprint

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Over the past year, HarperCollins Canada has been gearing up to develop original Canadian titles under its Collins imprint, and those plans took a big step forward this week with the hiring of Brad Wilson ... Read More »

November 10, 2005

Vanasse wins prestigious Académie des lettres du Québec medal

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This year's recipient of the Académie des lettres du Québec medal is André Vanasse, vice-chairman and editorial director of XYZ éditeur/XYZ Publishing. In addition to being a publisher – the first to earn this honour ... Read More »

November 10, 2005

Rights department musical chairs

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The last two weeks have been ones of unrest amongst staff in the contracts and rights departments of three big Canadian houses, with personnel moving to and from and, in one case, back to their ... Read More »

November 10, 2005

Silver anniversary for Vancouver discount chain

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Book Warehouse, the chain of Vancouver area discount bookstores, is marking 25 years in business this month. CEO and founding partner Sharman King says that while the company has always maintained a low profile in ... Read More »

November 10, 2005