Chapters’ latest financial results have been widely reported in media coverage this week, but the company’s conference calls with analysts also featured some particularly strong comments by CEO Larry Stevenson, who shot back at publishers ... Read More »

The much-delayed Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award is still in the works, but the springtime prize has now been scheduled for fall. Uncertainty about the future of Books in Canada – revolving around a ... Read More »

Chapters launched its spin-off home and gardening web site yesterday, offering online shoppers more than 6,500 products – including cookware, tableware, glassware, kitchen supplies, gardening tools, and bird feeders – at www.villa.ca. The new site ... Read More »

Despite Chapters’ public assurances that it’s on sound financial footing, the chain still has a long way to go to pay its bills. The amount Chapters and Pegasus owes to publishers and distributors grew in ... Read More »

Publishers say they believe Chapters’ finances aren’t in as dire shape as media reports suggest, but they also say it’s unhealthy when a major publisher has to complain to the press in order to get ... Read More »

Montreal artist Michèle Lemieux has won the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for her 1999 book Stormy Night (Kids Can Press). The $1,000 prize, for the best illustrated children’s book, is awarded annually by ... Read More »

Imprint, TV Ontario’s long-running book program, launched its new season this week with several changes. Tina Srebotnjak, former co-host of the CBC afternoon show Midday (which was cancelled earlier this year). is now Imprint’s host. ... Read More »

Chapters is seeking damages of $35-million in its libel suit against the National Post, saying it has lost sales and suffered a damaged reputation because of a series of articles the newspaper published about the ... Read More »