Author Lynn Coady has raised a few hackles in the B.C. writing community – particularly those of up-and-coming novelist Steven Galloway – by publicly criticizing UBC’s creative writing program and its workshop-based teaching methods. Coady, ... Read More »

With no advance copies of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire officially available, reviewers scrambled to race through the book’s 636 pages on the weekend and get their two cents’ worth in on time ... Read More »

As both Chapters and Indigo search for new markets – and available real estate – for superstores, both chains have announced recent turf war victories. Chapters has secured a lease in downtown Oshawa, about 50 ... Read More »

As management at the Calgary Herald start rebuilding the newspaper after a bitter eight-month strike, the future of its book review coverage remains unclear. But books editor Ken McGoogan doesn’t expect to be returning to ... Read More »

Raincoast sales reps will be out in full force today ensuring none of the 350,000 hotly anticipated copies of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire go on sale before the magical hour of midnight.Paul ... Read More »

Got a book to pitch at Frankfurt but don’t know where to start? Employees of publishers exhibiting at the Frankfurt Book Fair who want to learn the finer points of selling foreign rights will have ... Read More »

The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) is leaving the Victorian house at 35 Spadina Rd. in Toronto that’s been home since 1989 and moving to new premises at Toronto Public Library’s Northern District Branch near ... Read More »

Kevin Major participated in the children’s author showcase at the recent CBA convention to promote his forthcoming Eh? to Zed, a Canadian ABeCedarium. But as a result of his appearance, he and publisher Red Deer ... Read More »