In the fall of 1972, the Holy Grail for my friends and me was a Saturday afternoon bike ride to the Kilborn Shoppers confectionary in our Ottawa neighbourhood of Alta Vista. On the spiral magazine ... Read More »
September 20, 2012
Six months after Toronto’s Tightrope Books tapped author Nathaniel G. Moore to head a new imprint called The Highwire, comes word that Moore’s role has expanded with the press. Moore is now Tightrope’s editor and ... Read More »
September 19, 2012
Toronto’s Ryerson University has created a new advisory board that will aid in developing curriculum for the school’s publishing program. The group came together at the behest of Meg Taylor, who joined Ryerson in February ... Read More »
September 17, 2012
Nicole Winstanley, president and publisher of Penguin Canada, has acquired Michael Winter’s new novel, Minister Without Portfolio. The book follows the story of Newfoundlander Henry Hayward, who tries to rebuild his life after spending time ... Read More »
September 17, 2012
It wasn’t difficult to pick out Graydon Sheppard as he made his way to the Harlequin’s booth at BookExpo America in June. Sheppard, with his long, brunette wig and man-sized heels, attracted plenty of attention ... Read More »
September 13, 2012
Tickets are now on sale for the International Festival of Authors, which runs Oct. 18 to 28 in Toronto, and organizers are adding final touches to the festival’s industry component, the IV Programme. This year’s ... Read More »
September 13, 2012
Effective Jan. 1, 2013, New Society Publishers will be distributed internationally by Perseus Group Worldwide. New Society is currently represented in the U.K. by Gazelle Book Services, in Australia by Footprint Books, and in South ... Read More »
September 13, 2012
Effective immediately, University of Toronto Press Distribution will no longer ... Read More »
September 13, 2012
HarperCollins Canada vice-president Phyllis Bruce has acquired Carrie: The Maid Who Shot a Massey by historian Charlotte Gray. The book, which follows the 1915 murder of a Massey relation by his domestic servant, the subsequent ... Read More »
September 11, 2012
Young adults with a penchant for macabre fiction will soon have more Canadian titles to chose from, as Toronto’s ChiZine Publications launches a new imprint, ChiTeen. ChiZine co-publisher Sandra Kasturi says a YA line has ... Read More »
September 10, 2012
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