A celebrity jury has chosen a 10-title shortlist for this year’s Pearson Canada Readers’ Choice Award, which will be handed out on the basis of popular votes at Toronto’s Word on the Street festival in ... Read More »
February 5, 2004
There will be no strike at University of Toronto Press. After negotiating until 2 a.m. on Wednesday morning, UTP and Local 3261 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees agreed to a two-year contract granting ... Read More »
February 5, 2004
More than 200 writers, academics, and librarians will gather in Toronto this weekend for the 15th annual Children’s Literature New England (CLNE) summer institute, marking the first time the event is being held in Canada.The ... Read More »
February 5, 2004
McGraw-Hill Ryerson has reported a 35% increase in revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2001. Led by gains in the school division and a stabilizing trade market, second-quarter income rose to nearly $16.7-million, from ... Read More »
February 5, 2004
Kids Can Press and Klutz Press, the two publishing assets of Toronto-based Corus Entertainment, saw their combined earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) fall more than 100% in the company’s third quarter.Corus’s combined ... Read More »
February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
The University of Alberta Press is preparing to publish its first trade audio title with a talking-book version of Great Canadian War Stories scheduled for this fall.The book is an anthology of fiction that documents ... Read More »
February 5, 2004
Vancouver’s Black Sheep Books is hoping a little nudity will catch the attention of Canadian Heritage minister Sheila Copps. In owner George Koller’s ongoing attempt to have the federal agency save his store from financial ... Read More »
February 5, 2004
Cormorant Press will add two prestigious names to its list next year with the signing of two former Knopf Canada authors, Eleanor Wachtel and Neil Bissoondath. Both deals have been in the works for months, ... Read More »
February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
CANSCAIP, the Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators, and Performers, says the Ontario government’s recent call for resources for junior kindergarten to Grade 3 is discriminatory because it requires that books be Canadian authored and ... Read More »
February 5, 2004
For the second year in a row, University of Toronto Press has found itself in a labour dispute. A total of 24 full-time workers at UTP’s bookstore and warehouse are set to walk off the ... Read More »
February 5, 2004
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