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Penguin Random House reveals new corporate logo

When the Penguin Random House merger was first announced, a few creative types went Photoshop-crazy devising logos for the new company, most of which involved penguins perched on top of houses. Today, as part of its ... Read More »

June 3, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Why the loss of Access Copyright royalties could be devastating for educational publishers

By Julie Baldassi

Earlier this year, Oxford University Press Canada ceased publishing in its schools division after yet another year of double-digit sales declines. As with other publishers active in the K–12 market, OUP Canada faced shrinking provincial ... Read More »

May 29, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

BEA introduces 18 book industry startups

By Julie Baldassi

BookExpo America has announced the 18 startups that will participate in Startup Alley, a new event where entrepreneurs have the opportunity to present their ideas to the industry and win prize money. Participants exhibiting in ... Read More »

May 27, 2014 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

English- and Cree-language picture book wins First Nation Communities Read

By Stuart Woods

The selection for this year's First Nation Communities Read campaign is Wild Berries/Pakwa che Menisu, a picture book by Vancouver-based author and illustrator Julie Flett. Flett is also the recipient of the inaugural Aboriginal Literature ... Read More »

May 22, 2014 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Friends of Carmen Aguirre host fundraiser to help recoup outstanding royalties

By Julie Baldassi

Two years after Carmen Aguirre’s Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter won the 2012 CBC Canada Reads competition and became a national bestseller, a fundraiser is being held in hopes of raising the equivalent of $60,000 ... Read More »

May 20, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Graphica’s next wave: Walter Scott

By Julie Baldassi

After graduating from Concordia University in 2009 with a bachelor of fine arts, Walter Scott spent a lot of time loafing around Montreal, underemployed, frequenting punk shows in dingy lofts, and living what he calls ... Read More »

May 8, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Peter Scowen outs himself as Globe & Mail’s “Caption Writing Person”

By Sue Carter

In 2011, when a Globe and Mail online gallery of hilariously captioned celebrity photos went viral (thanks to some well-placed Occupy Wall Street references), there was plenty of speculation as to the identity of its ... Read More »

May 6, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Book City to open new Bloor West Village location in June

By Julie Baldassi

Just over two years after Book City closed its Bloor West Village location, rumours swept the Twitterverse that the Toronto indie book chain is preparing to open a new store in the west-end neighbourhood. Q&Q ... Read More »

May 2, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Lydia Davis discusses new stories, Gravity author argues film resembles her book, and more

By Courtney Harper

Lydia Davis on her new collection, Can't and Won't Gravity author Tess Gerritsen files suit against Warner Brothers for percentage of movie profit British publisher Lawrence & Wishart battles Marxist.org for copyrights on Marx and Engels' ... Read More »

April 30, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Q&A: Cinema Politica’s Ezra Winton on launching a self-published book

By Julie Baldassi

Last week, Montreal's Cinema Politica launched its first book, Screening Truth to Power: A Reader on Documentary Activism, a compendium of writing by filmmakers, activists, and academics to mark the non-profit organization's 10-year anniversary. What ... Read More »

April 17, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

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Penguin Random House reveals new corporate logo

Why the loss of Access Copyright royalties could be devastating for educational publishers

BEA introduces 18 book industry startups

English- and Cree-language picture book wins First Nation Communities Read

Friends of Carmen Aguirre host fundraiser to help recoup outstanding royalties

Graphica’s next wave: Walter Scott

Peter Scowen outs himself as Globe & Mail’s “Caption Writing Person”

Book City to open new Bloor West Village location in June

Lydia Davis discusses new stories, Gravity author argues film resembles her book, and more

Q&A: Cinema Politica’s Ezra Winton on launching a self-published book

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