Furious over cuts to book-related shows on La Chaine Culturelle, Radio-Canada's equivalent to CBC Radio Two, the French-language publishers group and the Quebec writers union have joined a coalition dedicated to restoring the amount of ... Read More »
Writers earn slightly more money than the average Canadian worker, according to a statistical analysis of the 2001 census released Wednesday.The average writer (defined as everyone from authors to speechwriters) in Canada earned $31,911 in ... Read More »
October 21, 2004
Old Toronto Houses by Tom Cruickshank, with photography by John de Visser, has been named winner of the Award of Excellence (print category) at this year's Heritage Toronto Awards. The prizes were handed out Oct. ... Read More »
October 20, 2004
Cormorant Books publisher Marc Côté has acquired Canadian and world French-language rights to the latest novel by Nova Scotia-based author Carol Bruneau. Berth is about a Halifax woman who flees her marriage and the hubbub ... Read More »
October 20, 2004
Anna Porter, publisher of Key Porter Books, has sold U.S. rights to Farley Mowat’s No Man’s River and People of the Deer to St. Martin’s Press. And Michelle Welsh, rights assistant at Key Porter, has ... Read More »
October 20, 2004
Daniel Francis's L.D.: Mayor Louis Taylor and the Rise of Vancouver was named the 2004 winner of the City of Vancouver Book Award during a ceremony at Vancouver City Hall on Oct. 19. For the ... Read More »
October 20, 2004
Canadian publishers and authors made such an impression as the guests of honour at the Belgrade Book Fair last year that the accolades just keep coming. Though France is the official guest of honour at ... Read More »
October 18, 2004
The Book Publishers’ Professional Association has added an international flavour to its fall events lineup, with the help of Penguin Canada. In Toronto next week, the BPPA will host a panel discussion featuring editors from ... Read More »
October 18, 2004
Effective Jan. 1, 2005, International Publishers Marketing will be represented in ... Read More »
October 18, 2004 | Filed under: Awards
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