by Sue Carter

Simon & Schuster Canada to distribute Milo Yiannopoulos’s Dangerous

Simon & Schuster Canada will distribute far-right figurehead Milo Yiannopoulos's controversial memoir, Dangerous, published by S&S U.S. imprint Threshold Editions. Yiannopoulos, tech editor at the right-wing website Breitbart, was banned from Twitter for instigating an online ... Read More »

January 12, 2017

Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming February titles

By Sue Carter

Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their favourite upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program. All Our Wrong Todays, Elan Mastai (Doubleday Canada) The Impossible Fortress, Jason Rekulak (Simon & Schuster) My ... Read More »

January 6, 2017

Fernwood to reprint Viola Desmond biography with new cover

By Sue Carter

On Dec. 8, the Bank of Canada announced that Viola Desmond – the Nova Scotian who, in 1946, refused to sit in a blacks-only section of a local movie theatre – will be the first ... Read More »

January 5, 2017

Western Book Reps honours Jim Munro, Mel Bolen with charitable donations

By Sue Carter

In 2016, British Columbia lost two venerable booksellers, Jim Munro of Munro Books and Mel Bolen of Bolen Books. To honour their memory, the Western Book Reps Association is donating $500 to a charity of each ... Read More »

January 5, 2017

Authors and publishers await more shrinking royalty payments from educational institutions

By Sue Carter

Access Copyright is warning creators and publishers to brace for yet another significant decrease in their royalty payments. The non-profit agency, which licenses Canadian artistic works to educational institutions, businesses, and others, estimates the amount ... Read More »

January 3, 2017

Public Lending Right budget to increase by $5 million, largest ever in its history

By Sue Carter

The year ends on a good note, with news that the Public Lending Right budget will permanently increase by $5 million, the largest raise in the program's 30-year history. According to Public Lending Right Program ... Read More »

December 16, 2016

Simon & Schuster Canada hires Laurie Grassi as senior editor

By Sue Carter

Laurie Grassi is joining Simon & Schuster Canada as senior editor, acquiring fiction and non-fiction. Grassi – whose most recent positions were ... Read More »

December 15, 2016

Book Clubs for Inmates founder named to Order of Ontario

By Sue Carter

Anglican minister Carol Finlay was appointed to the Order of Ontario for her work as the founder and director of Book Clubs for Inmates, a national charity that runs book clubs in federal penitentiaries. Finlay ... Read More »

December 15, 2016

Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming January titles

By Sue Carter

Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their favourite upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program. The Beautiful Dead, Belinda Bauer (Grove Atlantic/Publishers Group Canada) Indelible, Adelia Saunders (Bloomsbury/Raincoast Books) The Chosen Maiden, Eva Stachniak ... Read More »

December 8, 2016

Daily Deals: Heritage House acquires non-fiction titles by Jayne Seagrave and Craig McInnes

By Sue Carter

Heritage House Publishing president and publisher Rodger Touchie has acquired Jayne Seagrave's All the World's a Stage: The Story of Vancouver's Bard on the Beach, in celebration of the Shakespearean festival's 28th anniversary. The book ... Read More »

December 5, 2016

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Simon & Schuster Canada to distribute Milo Yiannopoulos’s Dangerous

Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming February titles

Fernwood to reprint Viola Desmond biography with new cover

Western Book Reps honours Jim Munro, Mel Bolen with charitable donations

Authors and publishers await more shrinking royalty payments from educational institutions

Public Lending Right budget to increase by $5 million, largest ever in its history

Simon & Schuster Canada hires Laurie Grassi as senior editor

Book Clubs for Inmates founder named to Order of Ontario

Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming January titles

Daily Deals: Heritage House acquires non-fiction titles by Jayne Seagrave and Craig McInnes

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