One does not expect the police in Canada to raid the home of a writer. Yet that’s exactly what happened to Stephen Williams in mid-July, when a dozen officers of the Ontario Provincial Police showed ... Read More »
February 18, 2004
The list of nominees for the 1998 Governor General’s Awards has sparked the usual industry debate – not over who made the grade this time, but who did not. In the closely watched fiction category, ... Read More »
February 17, 2004
Staff at the Toronto Reference Library hope to bring a measure of serenity to the cacophonous World Wide Web by launching a Virtual Reference Library on the Internet early in 1999. The virtual library will ... Read More »
February 17, 2004
Quebec and its writers will be the guests of honour next spring at the Salon du livre de Paris, an invitation that has raised a few eyebrows among federalists but caused rejoicing in many quarters ... Read More »
February 17, 2004
The international clamour for Canadian fiction continued this year at the Frankfurt Book Fair as international publishers and scouts flocked to Canadian agents and houses in search of new talent.As usual, Westwood Creative Artists fielded ... Read More »
February 17, 2004
Heated debate emerged in early November within the membership of the Writers’ Union of Canada following news that executive director Penny Dickens could be leaving her position in the new year. Union chairperson Peter McFarlane ... Read More »
February 17, 2004
Quebec booksellers have been promised at least $3-million in new financial assistance aimed at making bookstores, particularly smaller ones, more competitive. SODEC (Société de développement des enterprises culturelles), the Quebec government agency with a mandate ... Read More »
February 17, 2004
An elaborate tale of duplicity and deceit – and just general weirdness – has resulted in the cancellation of the Chapters/Robertson Davies Prize for first-time novelists this year.“Chapters will not be announcing a winner this ... Read More »
February 17, 2004
The 1998 Christmas season won’t be remembered for its blockbuster titles, but as booksellers head into their busiest sales period, most are predicting strong across-the-board sales. There may be nothing new from Mordecai Richler or ... Read More »
February 17, 2004
While its Web publishing seminars have waiting lists, Simon Fraser University’s two-week summer workshop in book publishing is half empty and is in danger of being discontinued next year, says Ron Woodward, the director of ... Read More »
February 17, 2004
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