It may not have the mellifluous ring of the Booker or the Nobel, but in the realm of children’s books the BolognaRagazzi Award still elevates a book and its publisher to international stature. Ask publisher ... Read More »

It’s not often that Canadian poets get public places named after them, so the fact that the City of Montreal has named a small square after the late poet and politician Gérald Godin might be ... Read More »

General Distribution Services has lost two of its Canadian publisher clients, and some of those who’ve remained say the Toronto-based distributor needs to shape up – or they’ll ship out. Chairman Jack Stoddart says General ... Read More »

A new issue of Books in Canada arrived in mailboxes and on newsstands in early April, dispelling rumours that the struggling publication had died – but giving Eva Tihanyi one more reason to be angry ... Read More »

A few hours after Lichtman’s owner Gerry Ruby filed for bankruptcy, a middle-aged customer expressed her regrets to the assistant manager of the chain’s busy Yonge and St. Clair store, in midtown Toronto. “If you ... Read More »

In the past three years, Somerville House Books has been sued by its authors, its printers, and its own lawyers. Now its landlord can be added to that list.In early October, Aetna Life Insurance Company ... Read More »

Low audience turnouts have prompted Chapters to reduce the number of author events it runs at its more than 60 superstores. The chain has been putting on roughly 600 events a month this fall season ... Read More »

Employees at the Langley, B.C., Chapters superstore have sent their union packing after rejecting a strike mandate by an 81% vote in October. The Canadian Auto Workers, which fought a tense organizing battle last spring, ... Read More »

In 1994, Toronto writer Christian Bök had just published his first poetry collection, and he decided he’d unwind by tackling a vocabulary exercise. He’d just finished reading the English translation of an experimental French novel, ... Read More »