Michael Neill, owner of Mosaic Books, the Okanagan region’s largest independent bookstore, doesn’t have long to wait before his second location debuts in the Kelowna suburb of Rutland, B.C. With the grand opening set for ... Read More »

Children’s publisher Lobster Press appears to be back in business with a new focus on ebooks. The firm shuttered its Montreal office last fall amid complaints of unpaid royalties. At the time, president and publisher ... Read More »

NEW YORK – If there’s one definitive sign of the changing mix of attendee at BookExpo America, which wraps up today, it’s the tradeshow’s busy Librarian Lounge. While many Canadian publishers attending BEA observed fewer ... Read More »

The website 49th Shelf has launched a new summer reading project called the 100-Mile Reading Diet. The website now features an interactive map of Canada consisting of pinpoints that, when clicked on, highlight books about ... Read More »

On Monday, Thomas Allen Publishers and Cormorant Books officially launched a joint ebook “singles” initiative known as cStories. The program allows readers to purchase individual short stories from authors such as Austin Clarke, Jessica Westhead, ... Read More »

For the first time, the Canadian Booksellers Association will host its yearly conference in conjunction with the Retail Council of Canada’s STORE trade show, which runs June 4–5 in Toronto. The bookseller portion of the ... Read More »

The Writers’ Union of Canada has come out strongly in opposition to a proposed law in B.C. that it claims could limit freedom of expression. TWUC is urging members of the provincial government to oppose ... Read More »