Janice Barnes, a former president of the B.C. Booksellers Association and onetime owner of a bookstore in Richmond, succumbed to pancreatic cancer on August 12. Barnes, who was diagnosed with the disease last October, was ... Read More »

The Christian Booksellers Association of Canada (CBA Canada) marks its 35th anniversary this week with a national convention and trade show at the Ottawa Congress Centre from August 26 to 31.The convention runs August 26 ... Read More »

When Raincoast Books published Steven Galloway’s novel Finnie Walsh in 2000, they found it got an excellent reader response, but they were surprised to discover that many of those readers were teenagers. According to Raincoast ... Read More »

Two veteran employees of North Vancouver’s Self-Counsel Press have been promoted to new positions. Richard Day, who had been serving as acquisitions editor and managing editor, is now publisher. And Aaron Morris, formerly the marketing ... Read More »

Earlier this week, two children's publishers, Kids Can Press and Annick Press, coincidentally announced the hiring of new senior staff in their sales and marketing departments. Molly Helferty, formerly trade sales manager of Groundwood Books, ... Read More »

Attendance at this year’s BookExpo Canada dropped almost 10% compared to 2004. According to audited numbers released Wednesday by Reed Exhibition Companies, 4,523 people attended the 2005 show in June, 476 fewer than the previous ... Read More »