Beginning in September 2006, the University of Guelph-Humber in Toronto will offer a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing. The two-year, full-time course of study will be the country’s second creative writing MFA program. ... Read More »

At Indigo’s annual general meeting in Toronto this morning, a chipper CEO Heather Reisman declared that this fiscal year would be one of growth and renewal for the company – and she confirmed it by ... Read More »

A new HarperCollins Canada marketing effort that targets the 16-to-24-year-old demographic combines that age group’s enjoyment of Blur frontman Damon Albarn’s idiosyncratically spelled side-project, Gorillaz, with the need to spell correctly. While the band’s name ... Read More »

Madison Press Books, the Toronto-based book packager, has expanded once again with the hiring of Alison Maclean in the newly created position of commissioning editor. Maclean, a former vice-president and publisher at now-defunct Macmillan Canada, ... Read More »

The Cat Came Back, the classic song by popular Canadian children’s entertainer Fred Penner, is being released this fall as a picture book. Accompanied by Renee Reichert’s illustrations and Penner’s slightly modified lyrics, the book is being ... Read More »

Broadview Press’s numbers have improved across the board in the second quarter of 2005, according to results released Thursday.All of Broadview’s most important indicators showed signs of improvement compared to last year, when high returns ... Read More »

After a gestation period of more than 10 years, Leonard Cohen has finally put the finishing touches on his latest poetry collection, and his longtime Canadian publisher, McClelland & Stewart, has landed world rights to ... Read More »