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Anil’s Ghost, part 1

Confusion has surrounded the release of one of the season’s biggest trade paper titles, as some booksellers mistakenly believed they were not to start selling Michael Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost until last Tuesday. The books were ... Read More »

February 9, 2004

Toronto author hits it big with spirituality series

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Oriah Mountain Dreamer has already sold 200,000 copies of her first book, The Invitation, and she has a second spirituality title, The Dance, due later this year. Now the Toronto-based author has signed a six-figure ... Read More »

February 9, 2004

Frankfurt shuffles publisher placement for 2001 fair

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Canadian publishers attending the Frankfurt Book Fair this year will have to walk a little farther to meet with publishers outside the English-speaking world.The locations of many publishers have changed because of the opening of ... Read More »

February 9, 2004

D&M co-founder gets Gray Campbell award

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Jim Douglas, co-founder of Douglas & McIntyre, is to be honoured this month by the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia (ABPBC) with the second annual Gray Campbell Distinguished Service Award. Established by B.C. ... Read More »

February 9, 2004

Canadian cookbooks up for international awards

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Three Canadian cookbooks are among the finalists for two international awards: the James Beard Foundation/KitchenAid Awards, and the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Cookbook Awards. Random House Canada has two titles shortlisted in each ... Read More »

February 9, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Bridget Jones tie-ins finally on their way

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Booksellers frustrated by the shortage of copies of Bridget Jones’s Diary in the wake of the movie adaptation’s release last Friday may soon find relief. Canadian distributor H.B. Fenn and Company was expecting to receive ... Read More »

February 9, 2004

B.C. Book Awards shortlists

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Terry Glavin’s The Last Great Sea (Greystone Books) leads the running in the British Columbia Book Prizes, which announced shortlists in six categories on Tuesday. Glavin’s book gathered nominations in three categories. Following close behind, ... Read More »

February 9, 2004

Montreal copy shop caught copying textbooks after injunction

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It didn’t compute. Despite a wide injunction preventing Montreal copy shop U Compute from making, selling, or distributing unauthorized copies of copyright-protected works, the shop has been found in contempt of court for continuing to ... Read More »

February 9, 2004

Carson, McKay, Bringhurst nominated for inaugural Griffin Poetry Prize

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With recent titles like Autobiography of Red, Men in the Off Hours, and The Beauty of the Husband, Anne Carson has been garnering increasing attention– and the Montreal-based poet has just gotten a further boost. ... Read More »

February 9, 2004

YA fiction strong at Bologna Book Fair

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The world wants more YA fiction, judging from the reaction to Canadian titles at this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair, which took place April 4 to 7. While publishers reported no blockbuster deals, they said ... Read More »

February 9, 2004

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Anil’s Ghost, part 1

Toronto author hits it big with spirituality series

Frankfurt shuffles publisher placement for 2001 fair

D&M co-founder gets Gray Campbell award

Canadian cookbooks up for international awards

Bridget Jones tie-ins finally on their way

B.C. Book Awards shortlists

Montreal copy shop caught copying textbooks after injunction

Carson, McKay, Bringhurst nominated for inaugural Griffin Poetry Prize

YA fiction strong at Bologna Book Fair

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