French-language students seeking to navigate the regional differences between Canadian and European French finally have a resource to turn to – a French-English dictionary that includes Canadian terms. And it’s from an American publisher.Distributed in ... Read More »

Monica Hughes will be travelling to Virginia this month to collect an unusual award that acknowledges the long-lasting impact of her writing. The Keeper of the Isis Light (Tundra Books), originally published in London in ... Read More »

Beleaguered children’s publisher Somerville House Books has no office and no staff, and may soon start losing rights to its books, but president Jane Somerville says she is negotiating with creditors to salvage what she ... Read More »

Peter Cooper, a South African-born management consultant with a Harvard MBA, has never worked in bookselling, but the new president of Indigo.ca says he’s confident the online retail operation he now heads will carve out ... Read More »

Nicholas Evans may have made millions on the movie version of The Horse Whisperer, but Canadian author Lesley Choyce could have a stinker on his hands with his own man-tames-animal film – called The Skunk ... Read More »

The growing number of literary prizes in Canada isn’t good news for everyone – the League of Canadian Poets has cancelled two poetry competitions, including the national poetry contest it launched in 1988, because of ... Read More »

An unprecedented five Canadian authors are in the running to receive a RITA Award – the Romance Writers of America’s award for excellence in the romance genre – at a gala event in Washington, D.C. ... Read More »

Second-quarter profits at romance publishing giant Harlequin Enterprises rose to $26.9-million, a 33% gain over the same period in 1999, making it the most lucrative of Torstar’s holdings during the financial quarter ending June 30. ... Read More »