An online book magazine that began in 1997 as a hobby has this year become a successful business supplying material for Chapters.ca. Vancouver-based journalists Linda Richards and David Middleton started January magazine as an escape ... Read More »

Some may doubt the power of a well-placed review, but not Ray Cronin. The former publicity and promotions manager at Goose Lane Editions says the sleeper success of Lynn Coady’s 1998 novel Strange Heaven began ... Read More »

Book-TV’s long-awaited September debut on Bravo! has received positive reviews from the publishing industry, including those who put up money to help finance the show. The half-hour debut episode – modeled after similar Bravo shows ... Read More »

They’re breeding.Spurred on by the success of its first Canadian dictionary, Oxford University Press is busy creating a litter of smaller spin-offs. Oxford released the Canadian Oxford Spelling Dictionary in August – shortly after selling ... Read More »

Q&Q asks seven booksellers to pick their season’s favesWill Timothy Findley’s Pilgrim be the fall’s Canadian blockbuster? Will any book challenge Frank McCourt’s claim to the top of the non-fiction bestseller lists? To predict theyou-be-hand-selling-this-fall-/> ... Read More »

The Ottawa International Writers’ Festival kicked off last Thursday, only two days after the terrorist attacks in the U.S. last week. The effect on the festival’s lineup was significant: 14 authors were unwilling or unable ... Read More »

Distican has become the latest Canadian book company to attempt a fiction branding campaign grouping various titles. This fall the Markham, Ontario-based distributor is launching Passport to Fiction, a promotion featuring seven titles from its ... Read More »

The book industry is moving closer to a plan of action for keeping better track of titles and reducing returns. Two committees set up by the Department of Canadian Heritage and its advisory group, the ... Read More »