Perseus Distribution will handle Canadian and U.S. distribution for Some Kind of Garden, a media company helmed by the ... Read More »
May 30, 2013
The timing may have come as a surprise, but for many in the industry, news that Simon & Schuster has received federal approval to publish in Canada has been a long time coming. Agents contacted ... Read More »
May 30, 2013
Although bookseller numbers have decreased, Canadian publishers attending BookExpo America, which kicked off Wednesday in New York, still view the event as essential for connecting with customers, distributors, digital suppliers, and other publishers. This year’s ... Read More »
May 28, 2013
Dundurn Press has acquired world English-language rights to Frédéric Bastien’s non-fiction title La Bataille de Londres from Les Éditions du Boréal. Foreign Front: French-language world rights to Tony Burgess’s Idaho Winter have been sold to ... Read More »
May 24, 2013
The National Reading Campaign has hired James Roy as its new executive director. Roy has held several executive positions at CBC Radio, most recently as program manager and executive producer of CBC Radio One on ... Read More »
May 23, 2013
Effective immediately, Michael Schellenberg is no longer the literature officer with the Ontario Arts Council. According to OAC director of communications Kirsten Gunter, program deadlines and assessment panels remain on schedule. Details about interim management ... Read More »
May 23, 2013
“Authors have the power” is the mantra of Barlow Book Publishing, a Toronto-based publishing upstart whose first title, The You Factor by life coach Leslie Strong, will appear this fall. Barlow is a niche press ... Read More »
May 22, 2013
John Wiley & Sons has confirmed that it plans to shutter its Canadian publishing program. In an email to Q&Q, director of corporate media relations Linda Dunbar said: “With the recent divestment of our consumer ... Read More »
May 21, 2013
With its first list due out this fall, the newly founded Figure 1 Publishing is carving out a niche in high-calibre food and wine, art and architecture, illustrated history, and kids’ books. Among the B.C. ... Read More »
May 21, 2013
Penguin Canada is asking readers to participate in the release of Khaled Hosseini’s new novel, And the Mountains Echoed, by contributing to its companion website, The Echo Project (echoproject.ca), both of which launch today. According ... Read More »
May 21, 2013
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