Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their favourite upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program and the Canadian Urban Libraries Council.
Wordstock Sudbury adds new Indigenous panel featuring Kegedonce Press authors
Wordstock Sudbury is responding to current concerns in Canada’s literary landscape with some changes to its annual event.
Daily Deals: Promontory Press acquires Steve Erikson novel; Harriet Alida Lye sells in ANZ
Daily Deals: Two new acquisitions for Dundurn
Peter Hill-Field named partner at Canadian Manda Group
Canadian Manda Group has brought on Peter Hill-Field, its director of sales and marketing, as a new partner.
How literary festivals are responding to demands for accessibility
When Saskatoon author Adam Pottle appears at literary festivals and events across the country, he occasionally has a tough time understanding his fellow panelists.
Distribution Change: Distributed Art Publishers
Distribution Change: LitDistCo
Toronto indie press BookThug looks to change its racially charged name
It was in 2014 when husband and wife Jay MillAr and Hazel Millar first got an inkling that the name of their Toronto-based indie press, BookThug – which MillAr named after a cheeky play on a few words that appear in a bill bissett poem – was now troublesome.