Janice Zawerbny, former illustrated books editor at Key Porter Books, has just been hired on a contract basis as managing editor of Thomas Allen Publishers. She replaces Patricia Kennedy, who left Thomas Allen after only ... Read More »

Knopf Canada is one of 27 international publishers participating in a massive joint publishing venture launching this fall that will feature Margaret Atwood’s version of The Odyssey.Knopf is the Canadian publisher of The Myths, a ... Read More »

Independent booksellers nationwide have strong hopes for a new Literary Press Group in-store marketing campaign designed to highlight lesser-known Canadian writers and publishers. The year-long project – dubbed “Take a Joy Read, Canada!” – kicked ... Read More »

A decision last spring by the Canada Council for the Arts to hand out stern warnings to 21 book publishers (nearly 15% of those who received block grants) has some publishers concerned about what Canada’s ... Read More »

Award-winning Canadian fiction and continuing strong sales for huge international titles helped independent bookstores enjoy, in the words of Nicholas Hoare, “a really, really encouraging season.” In virtually every corner of the country, booksellers told ... Read More »

Take a look at these two sentences, or rather, the same sentence done two ways:I knocked him down and kicked him.I knocked him down, and kicked him.Do you notice the subtle difference between them, the ... Read More »

If you’re the English-language publisher of one of Canada’s best-selling playwrights, but his other titles – novels and memoirs – aren’t selling the way you think they should, what do you do? If the playwright ... Read More »