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Anansi, Blizzard sign on with Publishing Online

Two more Canadian publishers have signed on with Publishing Online, the Seattle-based e-book vendor. House of Anansi Press will offer five titles, representing a mix of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, while the Winnipeg drama house ... Read More »

February 16, 2004

Promotion plans for The Beothuk Saga curtailed by author’s death

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The recent death of Bernard Assiniwi, author of The Beothuk Saga – published in English translation by McClelland & Stewart this season – has meant the cancellation of planned readings and media interviews in Montreal, ... Read More »

February 16, 2004

Winning book designs on display in three cities across Canada

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Over the next several weeks, books singled out by the Alcuin Society for excellence in Canadian book design will be on view at public exhibitions in three cities: Vancouver, Toronto, and Ottawa.The winners of this ... Read More »

February 16, 2004

Bill Hanna retires after 40-plus-year career

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With longtime Stoddart Publishing vice-president Bill Hanna set to retire from the company at the end of the year, some restructuring is in store for the company’s rights department. Barbara Howson, the former Kids Can ... Read More »

February 16, 2004

Boheme Press takes on small U.S. publishers

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Having published his first title only last year, Toronto-based Boheme Press publisher and owner Max Maccari now represents over 100 titles through newly inked agency deals with five small U.S. publishers. The imprints – Hollis ... Read More »

February 16, 2004

Indigo to close smaller Montreal location

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Indigo Books Music & Café has announced that it will close the smaller of its two Montreal stores at the end of October – but Linda Dow, Indigo’s manager for Quebec, says the chain will ... Read More »

February 16, 2004

Archambault goes anglo with Paragraphe Bookstore purchase

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Quebec retail chain Groupe Archambault has acquired the Montreal independent Paragraphe Bookstore in preparation for a planned two-pronged expansion. Former Paragraphe owners Richard King and Jonathan Penney will help the company add more English-language stock ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Oppel, Brooks in the winner’s circle for Mr. Christie’s Book Award

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Kenneth Oppel and Martha Brooks are among the winners of Nabisco’s latest Mr. Christie’s Book Award, announced last Friday in Ottawa. Six books – one English and one French in each of three age categories ... Read More »

February 16, 2004

Some context for Context

By Q&Q Staff

Judging from some early publisher reactions, Chapters may have a hit on its hands when it launches Context, its redesigned loyalty-program magalogue, in November. “It looks very elegant. It’s an interesting change of direction, and ... Read More »

February 16, 2004

Bennett defends M&S deal at fall launch

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In recent years, McClelland & Stewart owner Avie Bennett has used the company’s annual fall launch to deliver something of a state-of-the-industry address, tackling such subjects as the GST, copyright, and concentration of retail and ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

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Anansi, Blizzard sign on with Publishing Online

Promotion plans for The Beothuk Saga curtailed by author’s death

Winning book designs on display in three cities across Canada

Bill Hanna retires after 40-plus-year career

Boheme Press takes on small U.S. publishers

Indigo to close smaller Montreal location

Archambault goes anglo with Paragraphe Bookstore purchase

Oppel, Brooks in the winner’s circle for Mr. Christie’s Book Award

Some context for Context

Bennett defends M&S deal at fall launch

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