Siena, by trade route, is only about three hours from Rome, but by two-child caravan, it takes 17 days. Or at least it feels as if it does. Admittedly, our children, Cecilia and Lorenzo, were ... Read More »
February 11, 2004
In an essay in The Malahat Review’s recent issue on reviewing, poet Jan Zwicky declared that reviewing books is similar to “talking to a friend,” and therefore negative reviews are not merely unfortunate, they are ... Read More »
February 11, 2004
All Deborah Treisman said to the New York Observer was, “I’ve seen a lot of things happening in Canada lately.”The comment by the newly installed fiction editor at The New Yorker was a parenthetical afterthought. ... Read More »
February 11, 2004
There are those who are quiet and unassuming in all social settings. People who just take what life throws at them. In the publishing houses of Canada – big or small, corporate or indie – ... Read More »
February 11, 2004
Canadian publishers looking for a way to exit the industry must be a little envious these days of Madison Press Books founder Al Cummings, who in January announced the sale of his Toronto book packager ... Read More »
February 11, 2004
PEOPLE PENGUIN CANADA: Debby de Groot has been promoted to director of publicity. She joined Penguin Canada four years ago as senior publicist, after stints at Key Porter Books, Stoddart Publishing, and McClelland & Stewart. ... Read More »
February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
MUDDY YORK: Author team David Cruise and Alison Griffiths have signed a two-book deal, for one fiction and one non-fiction title, with Iris Tupholme at HarperCollins Canada. Due for fall 2007 publication, Toronto is a ... Read More »
February 11, 2004
He has written 11 books, self-published half of them, and, armed with little more than gumption and a pile of free copies, negotiated 70 book deals with publishers in 20 countries. As far as self-published ... Read More »
February 11, 2004
With the publication of her first book this month, Ramona Dearing will become the latest member of Newfoundland’s Burning Rock to produce a collection of short fiction. And the recent explosion of work from the ... Read More »
February 11, 2004
Tom Andrews, who has recently joined Thomas Allen & Son as marketing and publicity manager, started in the book business on the retail side 26 years ago. After studying retail management at Ontario’s Sheridan College, ... Read More »
February 11, 2004
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