Canadian kids may be getting excited about J.K. Rowling’s approaching Oct. 24 SkyDome appearance, but, as usual, it’s the grown-ups that are being asked to pull out their chequebooks for the event, as well as ... Read More »

Best publisher service: RaincoastBest wholesaler service: North 49Hottest Canadian fiction: The Love of a Good Woman (McClelland & Stewart); Home from the Vinyl Cafe (Viking Canada); The White Bone (HarperFlamingo Canada); A Recipe for Bees ... Read More »

Have Canadians ever been more willing to give each other a dictionary for Christmas? During a holiday season that saw increased sales at superstores and some – though not all – independents, one of the ... Read More »

Barely three months after the formation of Stewart House, the agency distributor created after the sale of McClelland & Stewart has a new owner. Ken Thomson, M&S’s vice president of sales and marketing, has acquired ... Read More »

The National Library of Canada has named Josiane Polidori to the post of children’s literature specialist, ending a long and difficult search to replace Irene Aubrey, who retired in 1994 after nearly 20 years of ... Read More »

Newfoundland poet who was recently refused full membership in the League of Canadian Poets has accused the association of elitism, saying it only admits poets whose work meets the league’s definition of what poetry is. ... Read More »

The future of CBC Radio’s 22-year-old Canadian Literary Awards, one of the most prominent and lucrative literary competitions in the country, is in doubt. “We are trying to ensure that the literary awards will continue,” ... Read More »

In the picture book Asha’s Mums, Asha must explain to her classmates how she can possibly have two mothers.And recently in Surrey, B.C., school trustees were forced to explain to angry taxpayers why they had ... Read More »