Even though Broadview Press’s sales were up slightly in the first quarter of 2004, the company’s net losses increased significantly, according to the firm’s latest results.The Calgary-based academic publisher posted net sales of $377,810 for ... Read More »

Britain’s Man Group announced a new companion award to their Man Booker Prize Wednesday. The new award, called the Man Booker International Prize, will be handed out every two years and is worth £60,000. Unlike ... Read More »

Some CanLit heavyweights are lending their voices to a free, all-day event honouring the late poet Gwendolyn MacEwen this Saturday in Toronto. Margaret Atwood, George Bowering, bill bissett, and Dennis Lee are among 11 poets ... Read More »

The Toronto-based Canadian Urban Institute has awarded the first ever Urban Leadership Award for City Liveability to the Toronto Public Library.The award was one of five non-monetary awards given to individuals or institutions that have ... Read More »

The small community of university bookstore managers is mourning the loss of one of their most popular and convivial colleagues.Richard Morin, who was the manager of the Laurentian University Bookstore in Sudbury for more than ... Read More »

North Vancouver's 32 Books is again fighting for its life, as it faces eviction from its current location in the affluent Edgemont Village.Store owner Mary Trentadue (her last name is Italian for 32) has yet ... Read More »