Chapters has announced the nominees for the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award, following a several-month delay due to uncertainty about the future of its magazine co-sponsor. Vying for this year’s $5,000 prize will be ... Read More »

It’s been a summer of testy relations between Chapters and suppliers, but publishers say they’re prepared to concentrate on books, not politics, as the chain launches the first CHEX this Monday in Montreal. Chapters won’t ... Read More »

Canadian publishing veteran Oliver Salzmann, who has worked in London, England, for the past four years, has accepted a new position in New York City with Taschen America. Effective last Friday, Salzmann is the new ... Read More »

The Margaret Atwood slam in last Sunday’s New York Times Book Review – in which American novelist Thomas Mallon turned in a withering review of Atwood’s new novel The Blind Assassin – has already been ... Read More »

Toronto publisher Malcolm Lester, who decided earlier this summer to curtail the publishing operations of his company, Malcolm Lester Books, has reached an agreement for the sale of his 11-title backlist. Two agreements, actually:Stoddart Kids ... Read More »

The Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s move to new premises will take place this month. Effective Sept. 15, the centre will be installed at its new address at the Northern District Branch of the Toronto Public ... Read More »

Stateside fans of Timothy Findley will have to wait a little longer to get a look at the print version of his new play Elizabeth Rex. Winnipeg’s Blizzard Publishing, which published the play last month, ... Read More »

Although the Calgary Herald’s books section has been operating without a dedicated books editor for much of the summer, entertainment editor Eric Dawson said this week that situation will change – though he would not ... Read More »