Two of Canada’s scholarly publishers are deepening their publishing partnership next month. University of Toronto Press will provide editorial support, design, production, marketing, and distribution services for all of University of Ottawa Press’s titles. The ... Read More »

A tight-fisted approach to digital copyright poses a serious threat to the public’s right to access information, says a librarian-led group that is lobbying for amendments to Canada’s Copyright Act.Paul Whitney, chief librarian of Burnaby ... Read More »

Children’s authors Janet McNaughton and Jean Little and the author-illustrator team of Stephanie McLellan and Sean Cassidy won Mr. Christie’s Book Award gold seals this week. All winners were on hand for a presentation ceremony ... Read More »

If the Alcuin Citations are any indication, last year wasn’t a particularly good one for Canadian book design.The annual awards, issued by the Vancouver-based Alcuin Society, recognize excellence in book design. But in the latest ... Read More »

John Kilcullen is a man who knows something about disarming a cautious audience. So at the outset of this get-acquainted seminar – a breakfast scheduled for 7:45 a.m. – the boyish 40-year-old begins with an ... Read More »

Toronto’s Transatlantic Literary Agency is looking to expand its reach into the United States by adding two new American agents to its roster. Joining the agency are Andrea Cascardi in New York City and Karen ... Read More »

After a month and a half of secrecy, Distican unveiled its mystery biography yesterday. But early bookseller reaction to Diana: Story of a Princess, by Tim Clayton and Phil Craig, is mixed.Distican’s cone of silence ... Read More »

The sale of its trade show has moved the Canadian Booksellers Association from the red to the black: in debt by nearly $710,000 after 1999, the CBA saw a surplus of $191,000 last year. But ... Read More »

Books in Canada owner Adrian Stein is back in court, in a battle that could see him declared bankrupt and leave his 30-year-old magazine up for sale. The Toronto Dominion Bank has filed a motion ... Read More »

Most publishers’ associations have responded enthusiastically to the federal government’s recent funding commitments. But the association of French-language publishers, ANEL (l’Assocation nationale des éditeurs de livres), says the funding strategy outlined on June 1 by ... Read More »