The closing of the deal that sees H.B. Fenn and Company become the majority shareholder in Key Porter Books was marked Wednesday with a champagne toast by staff from both companies in Key Porter’s downtown ... Read More »
July 29, 2004
Everybody seems to think the new Ontario Advisory Council for Arts and Culture announced on Monday is a good idea, but not everyone is overjoyed by its composition or the way it was chosen. Its ... Read More »
July 29, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
Knopf Canada publisher Diane Martin has commissioned author Stephen Reid (Jackrabbit Parole) to write a memoir about his life in prison and the bank robbery that sent him there. Reid is currently serving an 18-year ... Read More »
July 29, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
Westwood Creative Artists foreign rights director Nicole Winstanley and agent Bruce Westwood have completed three deals: one with Piatkus Books for U.K. and Commonwealth rights to Anne Kingston’s The Meaning of Wife, another with Verbo ... Read More »
July 29, 2004
Bryan Pezzi has joined as graphic designer. Jill Foran, series editor, ... Read More »
July 28, 2004
In what may be the latest sign that graphic novels are moving up the literary food chain, Montreal-based Drawn & Quarterly has announced it is dropping Chronicle Books, its U.S. distributor of the last two ... Read More »
July 26, 2004
Sales were down in all divisions at McGraw-Hill Ryerson in the second quarter, with the biggest decline reported in its trade division.The firm's total revenue for the three-month period ending June 30, 2004, fell 10% ... Read More »
July 26, 2004
Amy Moore-Benson, a former executive editor at Harlequin’s MIRA Books imprint, has opened AMB Literary Management, a new agency in Toronto specializing in women’s fiction, literary fiction, and suspense thrillers. For the time being, the ... Read More »
Gaspereau Press's printing offices have moved to a new location. Accordingly, its mailing address has changed to:47 ... Read More »
July 23, 2004
Effective Aug. 1, 2004, Martingale and Company will be represented in Canada by Georgetown ... Read More »
July 23, 2004
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