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World’s Biggest Bookstore chewed up by restaurant row

Discount books will give way to multi-level patios and 40-foot-high ceilings when Toronto's World's Biggest Bookstore is transformed into a restaurant row. The Toronto Star reports that the new property owner, Lifetime Developments, is planning ... Read More »

February 11, 2014 | Filed under: Bookselling

Association of American Publishers calls for tighter copyright controls in Canada

By Emma Renda

In a statement released today, the Association of American Publishers is singling out Canadian copyright law for greater scrutiny. Drawing attention to 2012's Copyright Modernization Act, the AAP is expressing particular concern about the lack ... Read More »

February 10, 2014 | Filed under: Bookselling

Winnipeg’s Mondragon bookstore to close

By Sue Carter

After 18 years in business, lefty Winnipeg café and alternative bookstore MondragÃ³n will close on Jan. 26. Currently run by a collective of five members, the shop was named after a Basque town in northern ... Read More »

January 21, 2014 | Filed under: Bookselling

Book City Annex location to close after 38 years

By Julie Baldassi

Toronto independent mini-chain Book City announced Thursday afternoon it will be closing its flagship location in the Annex this spring after 38 years in business. "The lease was up and we agonized over the decision, ... Read More »

January 17, 2014 | Filed under: Bookselling

Alice Munro and the Nobel sales effect

By Sue Carter

There were plenty of cheers on Oct. 10 when Alice Munro became the first Canadian resident (and the 13th woman) to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. But did the excitement translate to actual book ... Read More »

December 9, 2013 | Filed under: Bookselling

Chris Hadfield draws crowds to Bolen Books

By Sue Carter

It was crowd control for Major Tom when Commander Chris Hadfield appeared at Victoria's Bolen Books on Nov. 16. According to store manager Colin Holt, the event was one of the best-attended in the bookstore's ... Read More »

November 22, 2013 | Filed under: Bookselling

World’s Biggest Bookstore to close in February

By Sue Carter

Two weeks after its 33rd birthday comes word that the World's Biggest Bookstore in downtown Toronto will close in February. According to the Toronto Star, the development company that is in the process of buying ... Read More »

November 21, 2013 | Filed under: Bookselling

Flagship Chapters location to close

By Becky Robertson

The Toronto Chapters location that moved into the old Runnymede Theatre 14 years ago is set to shut its doors in the new year. A spokesperson told the CBC that the store will not renew ... Read More »

November 7, 2013 | Filed under: Bookselling

Way to Display! Evan Munday at Type Books

By Sue Carter

Last weekend, cartoonist and YA novelist Evan Munday (Dial M for Morna, ECW Press) took a seat in the front window of ... Read More »

October 31, 2013 | Filed under: Bookselling

Halifax’s Woozles Children’s Bookstore celebrates 35th anniversary

By Becky Robertson

On Oct. 19, Woozles Children's Bookstore in Halifax celebrated its 35th anniversary. Co-owner Liz Crocker "“ who opened Woozles in 1978 with Ann Connor Brimer and Brian Crocker "“ spoke to Q&Q about the birthday ... Read More »

October 31, 2013 | Filed under: Kids’ Books

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