Girls aged eight to 10 form the target audience for two new historical fiction series coming out this fall from Scholastic Canada and Penguin Books. And both publishers are revving up their marketing machines.Scholastic Canada’s ... Read More »

A month after Books in Canada staged a comeback with backing from Amazon.com, another Canadian literary magazine is shutting down. Financially troubled Write, a Toronto-based magazine dedicated to early-career writers, has announced it is suspending ... Read More »

New rule: not just anyone gets to write a memoir. Sorry, but a slender celebrity and a publishing contract isn’t good enough any more. No, to borrow George Woodcock’s complaint, we’re seeing far too many ... Read More »

Helena Aalto, the longtime Chapters spokesperson who left the chain in the midst of the takeover battle early this year, will switch from retailing to publishing with a new position at Fitzhenry & Whiteside. Aalto ... Read More »

Cost-cutting and restructuring at Chapters Online have helped to reduce the company’s net loss in its first quarter. But the online retailer also saw its revenues drop by more than 25% compared to the same ... Read More »

In first-quarter financial results released yesterday, Heather Reisman’s Chapters is showing signs of staunching the flow of red ink that has issued from the chain of late. Restructuring of the retail, online, and distribution operations ... Read More »

Have Canadian children’s book publishers become too obsessed with the bottom line, too quick to pander to the U.S. market? Patsy Aldana, publisher of Groundwood Books, believes they have. She delivered a hard-hitting speech to ... Read More »

After 13 years at Random House of Canada, David Turner has joined H.B. Fenn as director of sales. Turner, who started July 9, will oversee the company’s seven national account managers and one field manager. ... Read More »

It’s her first major deal since joining Penguin Canada last December, and for editorial director Diane Turbide, it’s a big one. She’s signed Ottawa journalist Lawrence Martin to produce a follow-up to his 1995 biography ... Read More »

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of Roy McFarlane, a popular clerk at Munro’s Books in Victoria, ended tragically last week. McFarlane’s body was found July 26 in the city’s inner harbour, close to where he ... Read More »