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Writers’ Union wants Senate hearings on changes to child porn law

The Writers’ Union of Canada wants the Senate to take a sober second look at the new anti-child pornography legislation that passed third reading in the House of Commons earlier this month.Citing concerns over the ... Read More »

June 23, 2005

Reader’s Digest looking for some good books

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Predicting which new Canadian novel will have blockbuster appeal is no easy task. But Reader’s Digest magazine is willing to make a pick – or at least a shortlist. They’re choosing 12 promising fall orreaders-digest-looking-for-some-good-books/> ... Read More »

June 23, 2005

Double Hook’s space to become children’s bookstore

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The old house on trendy Green Avenue in Westmount that housed Montreal’s Double Hook Bookstore for more than 30 years will not be empty for very long. A children's bookstore, Babar en ville, will be ... Read More »

June 23, 2005

Eckler gets her Apple

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Doubleday Canada publisher Maya Mavjee has signed a deal with National Post columnist Rebecca Eckler for the first two books in a planned series of YA novels. The books will be collectively referred to as ... Read More »

June 22, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Foreign front: June 22, 2005

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HarperCollins Canada subsidiary rights manager Akka Janssen has just completed a handful of deals: Canadian French-language rights to Joel Hynes’ Down to the Dirt to Quebec Amerique; world French-language rights to J. F. McCurdy’s Serpent’s ... Read More »

June 22, 2005

Coach House managing editor moves to Toronto Life

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After almost four years on the job, Coach House Books managing editor Jason McBride is leaving the book publishing industry to move into the world of magazines. He has recently accepted an offer from Torontotoronto-life/> ... Read More »

June 20, 2005

Matheson retires from Nimbus

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Helen Matheson, most recently a database and supply chain manager at Nimbus Publishing, is retiring. For most of her nine years at the Halifax firm, Matheson served as the publisher's marketing director, but as the ... Read More »

June 20, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Greystone has high hopes for Suzuki’s second autobiography

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Greystone Books announced late last week that they have signed on to publish David Suzuki’s new autobiography. The book, which will be released in March 2006 to coincide with the author's 70th birthday, will be ... Read More »

June 20, 2005

Indigo’s profits are up, while revenues dip

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After a fiscal year marked by SAP implementation, an increased focus on non-book products, and the divestment of its campus bookstore division, Indigo says it has managed to end the 12-month period with much higher ... Read More »

June 20, 2005

Three outta three is really good

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Move over Carl Yastrzemski! Roo Borson completed the triple crown of Canadian poetry prizes on June 11 when she added the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, given to the top book of poetry by a Canadian ... Read More »

June 17, 2005 | Filed under: Book links

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Writers’ Union wants Senate hearings on changes to child porn law

Reader’s Digest looking for some good books

Double Hook’s space to become children’s bookstore

Eckler gets her Apple

Foreign front: June 22, 2005

Coach House managing editor moves to Toronto Life

Matheson retires from Nimbus

Greystone has high hopes for Suzuki’s second autobiography

Indigo’s profits are up, while revenues dip

Three outta three is really good

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