by Sue Carter

Q&A: MP Julie Dabrusin on copyright reform and the new Shifting Paradigms report

On May 15, the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage tabled its Shifting Paradigms report as part of the federal government's mandated review of the Copyright Act. The findings in the 80-page report were generated from 139 ... Read More »

June 3, 2019

Personnel change: P.S. Literary Agency

By Sue Carter

Stephanie Winter has been promoted to ... Read More »

June 3, 2019

Indigo rethinks merchandise strategy, reaffirms commitment to cultural department store despite flatlining sales

By Sue Carter

Faced with flatlining sales, Indigo Books & Music is rehauling its general merchandise strategy. During a May 29 investor call, Indigo CEO Heather Reisman said that the retail chain continues to be dedicated to its ... Read More »

May 30, 2019

Eden Robinson’s Trickster trilogy coming to CBC TV

By Sue Carter

CBC Television announced today it has picked up the limited-series adaptation of Eden Robinson's Trickster trilogy (Knopf Canada). The Trickster will consist of six, 60-minute episodes, to be broadcast in 2020. Robinson worked with filmmakers Michelle ... Read More »

May 29, 2019

Personnel change: Penguin Canada

By Sue Carter

Penguin Canada managing editor David Ross has been promoted to the position of senior managing editor and acquisitions editor, continuing to report to publisher Nicole Winstanley. In 2017, Ross launched his list which amplifies and ... Read More »

May 29, 2019

Personnel changes: PRHC Publishing Group

By Sue Carter

PRHC Publishing Group deputy publisher Marion Garner has been appointed to the newly created position of vice-president, publishing management, continuing to report to CEO Kristin Cochrane. Garner will take on responsibility for the work of the company’s ... Read More »

May 29, 2019

Canadian library users buy more books

By Sue Carter

A new survey by BookNet Canada reports that, on average, Canadian library-goers buy more books than those who don't frequent libraries at all. According to Borrow, Buy, Read: Library Use and Book Buying in Canada, ... Read More »

May 28, 2019

Daily Deals: New Farzana Doctor novel to Dundurn; Indian rights for Samra Zafar’s A Good Wife

By Sue Carter

Dundurn Press associate publisher Kathryn Lane has acquired North American English and French rights to activist, social worker, and author Farzana Doctor’s novel Seven, about a woman who accompanies her husband on a marriage-saving trip ... Read More »

May 28, 2019

How urban libraries across the country are balancing the demand for safety with users’ needs

By Sue Carter

On April 1, a knife-wielding suspect was arrested by police at the Toronto Reference Library. On April 7, two people were arrested at the Halifax Central Library following reports of a person carrying a pellet ... Read More »

May 27, 2019

Daily Deals: multiple deals for Dundurn Press

By Sue Carter

Figure 1 Publishing president and publisher Christopher Labonte has acquired world rights to Adam Levinter’s The Subscription Boom: Why an Old Business Model is the Future of Commerce, in which he makes a case that the phenomenal ... Read More »

May 27, 2019

Prev 25 262728 29....214 215 Next

Quill and Quire

Q&A: MP Julie Dabrusin on copyright reform and the new Shifting Paradigms report

Personnel change: P.S. Literary Agency

Indigo rethinks merchandise strategy, reaffirms commitment to cultural department store despite flatlining sales

Eden Robinson’s Trickster trilogy coming to CBC TV

Personnel change: Penguin Canada

Personnel changes: PRHC Publishing Group

Canadian library users buy more books

Daily Deals: New Farzana Doctor novel to Dundurn; Indian rights for Samra Zafar’s A Good Wife

How urban libraries across the country are balancing the demand for safety with users’ needs

Daily Deals: multiple deals for Dundurn Press

Job Board