With its dedication to publishing Canadian playwrights, Playwrights Canada Press has never aspired to turn a huge profit. But a rising output of titles and increasing sales has prompted the press to incorporate itself as ... Read More »

Demand for Barney’s Version, Mordecai Richler’s last novel, has sent Random House of Canada back to press for a reprint. Vintage Canada associate publisher Susan Roxborough says a 5,000-copy reprint of the Giller Prize-winning titlebarney-s-version/> ... Read More »

So far the acquisition of Harcourt Canada’s higher education business by Thomson has resulted in minimal job losses, although more people could find themselves out of work as the merger progresses. Of the 23 Harcourt ... Read More »

Stoddart Publishing has done some shuffling in its sales and marketing division of late.Simon Ware, formerly the company’s sales rep for Chapters and Indigo, is now the new marketing specialist for the Stoddart-owned Boston Mills ... Read More »

The long-delayed relaunch issue of Books in Canada finally hit newsstands this week, bankrolled by Amazon.com. The issue also announced the nominees for the magazine’s Amazon-sponsored first novel award. The shortlist includes Finnie Walsh by ... Read More »

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Book City, the owner of the Toronto mini-chain has commissioned two mystery authors to collaborate on a novella. Book City owner Frans Donker will distribute the book – to ... Read More »

Following a three-month vacancy in the president’s slot at Key Porter Books, the company has annouced that Diane Davy will take over the position on July 30.A former president of Owl Books, Davy has been ... Read More »

Booksellers were expecting strong demand for Mordecai Richler’s books following his death two weeks ago, and they’ve gotten it. Many have quickly burned through their on-hand stock and are anxiously awaiting reinforcements.At Greenwood’s Bookshoppe in ... Read More »

Last week the Thomson Corporation announced the completion of its purchase of Harcourt General’s higher education divisions, as well as its corporate training and assessment businesses. The Canadian players, Nelson Thomson Learning and Harcourt Canada, ... Read More »

Having just published a new thesaurus geared specifically toward Canada – a project long in the works – Fitzhenry & Whiteside is hoping to reach both the trade and educational markets. But save for an ... Read More »