First-time novelist Joseph Boyden leads the pack in Q&Q Omni's informal poll asking booksellers across Canada to predict The Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist. Boyden’s war epic, Three-Day Road, was mentioned by eight out of nine ... Read More »

Lise Henderson, a new literary agent based in Sooke, B.C., on Vancouver Island, has joined Anne McDermid and Associates.Henderson, who is coincidentally the mother of Lee Henderson, one of McDermid’s clients, will focus on children’s ... Read More »

Another major publishing company has begun selling books directly to consumers on its website in the U.S. But the Canadian division isn’t following suit – not yet, anyway.Visitors to the Random House U.S. website can ... Read More »

Closer ties to the American Booksellers Association will give members of the Canadian Booksellers Association new access to research and professional development opportunities, says CBA president Paul McNally. The “new links,” as the CBA news ... Read More »

A bitter feud between the publisher and former staff of the Saint John, New Brunswick-based DreamCatcher Publishing came to an end last Monday when a judge ruled in favour of publisher Elizabeth Margaris, granting her ... Read More »

The purse for The Scotiabank Giller Prize, as it is now known, will increase from $25,000 to $50,000, with $40,000 going to the winner and $2,500 to each of the finalists.The announcement, made at a ... Read More »