Stable revenue at Harlequin was one of the few bright points in second-quarter results from Torstar Corporation, which saw income from continuing operations plummet over 90% compared to the same period last year.Torstar posted second-quarter ... Read More »

Toronto’s Omikron Group is getting out of the publishing business. The StoneFox Publishing imprint, a joint venture between Omikron and Insomniac Books, will cease to be this fall. And Omikron managing director Salman Nensi is ... Read More »

The Westray mine disaster gets a fictional retelling in Leo McKay’s upcoming first novel, which has earned the Nova Scotia author a lucrative deal with McClelland & Stewart. Fiction publisher Ellen Seligman says she has ... Read More »

Layoffs have cut a swath through the management at Hungry Minds, but so far little change is expected at its Canadian subsidiary, CDG Books, as John Wiley & Sons completes its purchase of the Dummies ... Read More »

The National Post is preparing to reduce its book coverage in the wake of last week’s mass layoffs and restructuring, and has named a new books editor. Former Saturday Night associate features editor Jessica Johnson ... Read More »

McClelland & Stewart celebrated its sense of tradition in Toronto last night at its annual fall launch party – even as the event broke with several minor traditions of its own.For the first time in ... Read More »

Upset about being left out of the Canadian government’s recent pledge of $9.5-million in new funding for book publishers, The Writers’ Union of Canada is planning a new lobbying effort aimed at securing federal funds ... Read More »