Iris Tupholme, publisher and editor-in-chief of HarperCollins Canada, has bought Canadian rights to Katherine Govier’s next novel, outbidding Random House Canada, the publisher of Govier’s two previous books.Agent Helen Heller sold the new novel, Three ... Read More »

The Writers’ Trust of Canada, the organizing force behind the annual Canada Book Day and last year’s Canada Book Week, has cancelled this year’s event, citing a need for improvements. “We just want to reposition ... Read More »

A five-year-old Toronto-based online literary magazine may go on hiatus later this year if a new editor cannot be found.Fiction author Michael Bryson launched The Danforth Review in 1999 and has overseen the site ever ... Read More »

DreamCatcher Publishing is adding a small retail facet to its operations. The Saint John publisher has opened a bookstore on Prince William Street in the Trinity Royal area of New Brunswick’s most populous city. Publisher ... Read More »

Facing an outcry after deciding to close three inner-city branches, the Regina Public Library will now have to defend that decision in a federal courtroom later this month. The library system’s board of directors announced ... Read More »

After nearly nine years with Raincoast, publicity manager Tessa Vanderkop will leave the Vancouver-based company on Feb. 20. And, in a move to boost its national profile, Raincoast plans to replace her with a Toronto ... Read More »

CanCopy launched several new corporate licencing campaigns this spring, and so far, discussions are farthest along with Ontario hospitals. Members of the hospital sector plan to meet with Cancopy in June to discuss some of ... Read More »

Enthusiasm is high for this month’s BookExpo America trade show now that almost all of the major publishers that pulled out of the event during recent years have announced their return. The 1998 roster lists ... Read More »

HarperCollins plans to close its Vancouver depot at the end of June and rely instead on wholesalers Book Express and North 49 to service the marketplace. The depot, managed most recently by Gerard Nibbelink, opened ... Read More »