Don’t Stand So Close to Me tackles the world as it is right now: remote learning, physical distancing, quarantining, and the closing of all non-essential services.
Premiere issue of The Quarantine Review tackles life with COVID, social inequity, and haircuts
The Quarantine Review is a digital literary journal to be published by Dundurn. The premiere issue will launch June 6.
Canadian Heritage wants Canada’s Frankfurt Guest of Honour participation to be postponed to 2021
Canada is currently in talks with the next three Guest of Honour countries to discuss their interest in a possible postponement.
A “very special edition” of the Frankfurt Book Fair planned for October with Canada as Guest of Honour
More details about the Canada Guest of Honour plan are expected in the coming weeks.
J.K. Rowling releases new serialized story, The Ickabog, for free online
The story, which is aimed at seven- to nine-year-old children, is a fairy tale set in an imaginary land – and is totally unrelated to Rowling’s other works.
As provinces ease restrictions on retail, many booksellers proceed with caution
As B.C., Saskatchewan, and Ontario lifted restrictions on retail the week of May 19, the choice to reopen or not proved to be as individual as the varied independent bookstores across the provinces.
Scholastic shifts marketing campaign online for Hunger Games prequel
Denise Anderson, Scholastic Canada’s director of marketing and publicity, shares behind-the-scenes details about the campaign for the blockbuster The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which launched officially May 19.
Hunter Street Books moves to store-within-a-store model
Hunter Street is renting two physical shelves inside neighbouring Meta4 Contemporary Craft Gallery.
HarperCollins offers online resources for connecting with authors and booksellers
The publisher is providing a list of author events and independent bookstores.
Tech Forum sessions go live on YouTube
The Canadian book industry’s annual conference about technology in publishing was cancelled on March 13.
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