Access Copyright, the Canadian copyright licensing agency, has announced the appointment of Maureen Cavan as its new executive director. She replaces Fred Wardle, who ends his five-year stint by retiring next month.“I’m really looking forward ... Read More »

The already slim space set aside for book reviews in major daily newspapers may soon be shrinking again.The National Post, which only months ago increased the size of the standalone Saturday books pages and movedpost-cuts-space-for-book-reviews-again/> ... Read More »

Borrowing from an idea that Penguin Canada employed to great success in 1998 and 2000, Random House of Canada has organized a public symposium featuring many of the firm’s top non-fiction authors.Set for Nov. 6 ... Read More »

An independently published comic and graphic art anthology put together by cancer survivor Suley Fattah will be launched this Thursday in Toronto. All proceeds are going to cancer research. All the stories and illustrations were ... Read More »

Some independent booksellers are disappointed with Indigo’s sudden decision to withdraw its financial support for the Canadian Booksellers Association application for a judicial review into the legality of Amazon’s Canadian business. The move came just ... Read More »

Canadian publishing veteran Oliver Salzmann has returned from a lengthy stint in London, England (with a brief New York interlude) to become the new publisher at Madison Press Books.Salzmann, who started Monday in his new ... Read More »