The news in reviews this week is the repackaging of the National Post’s book reviews section, which has been folded into a new section called Review & Books. Now printed on regular newsprint, as opposed ... Read More »
February 19, 2004
A campus bookstore web site that offers university and college students everywhere the chance to review textbooks is proving popular around the globe. So popular, in fact, says Chris Tabor, general manager of the Queen’s ... Read More »
February 19, 2004
The tone was strictly business as usual at this year’s annual general meeting of The Writers’Union of Canada (TWUC), held May 12 to 14 at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. A few items on the ... Read More »
February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
Author Michael Winter says he feels a bit like a rock star. On a Toronto street corner, a poster promoting his first novel is sandwiched between an announcement for Pearl Jam’s latest release and an ... Read More »
February 19, 2004
Further evidence of Somerville House’s mounting cash problems surfaced yesterday with news that the company had missed a pay period.Sales and marketing director Nick Harris confirmed yesterday that he was owed at least one pay ... Read More »
February 19, 2004
Chapters will unveil a smaller version of its superstores in the next year as the company moves into the second half of its planned five-year expansion, and secures locations in secondary urban markets. According to ... Read More »
February 19, 2004
An announcement of plans by an Edmonton-based publisher to sell off leftover stock from now-defunct Commonwealth Publications sparked a prompt reaction from the authors of the books in question. They flooded the office of Picasso ... Read More »
February 19, 2004
Offering a home for Canadian spellings, pronunciations, regionalisms, and encyclopedic entries, the first edition of The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, released in May, has become a rare reference bestseller, hitting number one on The Globe and ... Read More »
February 19, 2004
Toronto’s Book City mini-chain is moving into the former Lichtman’s location at Yonge and St. Clair. Owner Frans Donker says the 2,165-square-foot store will open under the Book City banner in July. Located in a ... Read More »
February 19, 2004
Quill was officially on vacation, but a keen sense of moral duty drew us out of the mountains and into the (urban) jungle to attend the wrap-up party for “Books 1998,” a gruelling summer publishing ... Read More »
February 19, 2004
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