Somerville House has cleared the first hurdle on its way back to financial health. But it was a small one. The company, whose restructuring plan was accepted by a vote of creditors last month, made ... Read More »
February 16, 2004
The parent company may change, but the publishing program should stay the same, says Kids Can Press president and CEO Valerie Hussey, who’s confident the $540-million sale of Nelvana to Canadian-owned broadcaster Corus Entertainment won’t ... Read More »
February 16, 2004
The Gelber money may be on its way out of the country, but there’s no shortage of Canadian content on another recently announced shortlist – albeit one with a significantly smaller payout. The four finalists ... Read More »
February 16, 2004
The shortlist for this year’s $50,000 Lionel Gelber Prize has been announced – and is devoid of Canadian authors. The Canadian prize, which is in its 11th year, is awarded to the year’s best book ... Read More »
February 16, 2004
It’s a life lesson drilled into most of us at a young age: crime does not pay. One hapless Halifax crook, though, apparently missed a valuable follow-up: crime particularly does not pay if you target ... Read More »
February 16, 2004
Anne Millyard plans to retire in July as editor of Annick Press, after 25 years in children’s publishing. Millyard, 70, says she plans to keep a foot in the door by continuing as publishing partner, ... Read More »
February 16, 2004
Barefoot Books president Nancy Traversy had a personal reason for seeking a Canadian distribution deal for her company’s line of children’s books. Traversy, who founded the U.K.-based press with her friend Tessa Strickland, grew up ... Read More »
February 16, 2004
In the wake of a failed takeover of the Toronto Sun, Torstar Corp. has called off plans to sell its entire children’s supplementary education division, although the media conglomerate will continue to divest Troll Communications, ... Read More »
February 16, 2004
BOTTOMS UP • Mordecai Richler has been named the first honorary member of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. The honour was bestowed in response to a column Richler wrote in November for the ... Read More »
February 16, 2004
Compared to Frankfurt, the Beijing Book Fair is hardly a hot ticket – none of the four publishers who had originally indicated to the Association for the Export of Canadian Books (AECB) that they might ... Read More »
February 16, 2004
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