by Stuart Woods

Random House of Canada launches lifestyle imprint under Robert McCullough

Random House of Canada is expanding its editorial presence beyond its downtown Toronto headquarters, launching what it describes as a "boutique imprint" under West Coast“based publisher Robert McCullough. Appetite by Random House will publish about ... Read More »

February 27, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news

Lawrence Hill awarded Freedom to Read prize for his grace under fire

By Stuart Woods

Lawrence Hill has been named the recipient of this year's Freedom to Read Award for his "reasoned and eloquent response to the threat to burn his novel The Book of Negroes, according to a statement ... Read More »

February 22, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Booksellers continue lobbying for lower book prices

By Stuart Woods

Are Canadian book prices too high? This question was posed yet again in a CBC News report published earlier this week. The occasion for the story was the appearance on Tuesday of bookseller representatives before ... Read More »

February 16, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling

National book count tallies Canadians’ love of reading

By Stuart Woods

Canadians love to read, and now we have the numbers to prove it. For the second year in a row, the literacy advocacy coalition known as the National Reading Council has tallied book sales and ... Read More »

February 16, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Charlotte Gill wins B.C. prize for non-fiction

By Stuart Woods

Charlotte Gill's memoir about tree-planting in the Pacific Northwest is the winner of the 2012 British Columbia National Award for Canadian Non-fiction. Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe, published ... Read More »

February 14, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Indigo president resigns as profits fall in third quarter

By Stuart Woods

After less than a year in the role, Tedford G. Marlow has resigned as president of Indigo Books & Music and resumed a senior position with U.S.-based retailer Urban Outfitters, where he has been named ... Read More »

February 9, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Kobo deal closes for $315 million (U.S.)

By Stuart Woods

You have to give them credit for their dramatic sense of timing. Nearly two months to the day after news of Kobo's impending sale to Japanese tech giant Rakuten became a buzz topic for publishing ... Read More »

January 11, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

McClelland & Stewart acquisition by the numbers

By Stuart Woods

Here are some key figures from Q&Q's latest story on the acquisition of McClelland & Stewart by Random House of Canada: 100% The share of McClelland & Stewart now owned by Random House of Canada ... Read More »

January 11, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Random House of Canada acquires sole ownership of M&S

By Stuart Woods

One of Canada's most beloved and respected publishing houses, McClelland & Stewart, has been acquired by its part-owner, Random House of Canada. M&S had been a wholly Canadian-owned company from its inception in 1906 until ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Gill, Westoll among Charles Taylor Prize nominees

By Stuart Woods

Just as a pair of novels came to dominate the past fall's literary awards season, so too has a pair of non-fiction titles, about tree-planting in the Pacific Northwest and a group of chimps living ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

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Random House of Canada launches lifestyle imprint under Robert McCullough

Lawrence Hill awarded Freedom to Read prize for his grace under fire

Booksellers continue lobbying for lower book prices

National book count tallies Canadians’ love of reading

Charlotte Gill wins B.C. prize for non-fiction

Indigo president resigns as profits fall in third quarter

Kobo deal closes for $315 million (U.S.)

McClelland & Stewart acquisition by the numbers

Random House of Canada acquires sole ownership of M&S

Gill, Westoll among Charles Taylor Prize nominees

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