Effective immediately, Fitzhenry & Whiteside is the new distributor for Pemmican Publications. Effective Sept. 1, the company will distribute ArtScroll ... Read More »
August 28, 2015
On Aug. 27, Coach House Books celebrated 50 years at its annual end-of-summer Wayzgoose shindig (made memorable by touching speeches and a surprise appearance by '80s icon and author Molly Ringwald.) Here's founder Stan Bevington ... Read More »
August 28, 2015 | Filed under: Events
Grandpa RL Stine goes goosebumps-free for The Little Shop of Monsters (Guardian). Misogyny is nothing new, but the use of the word is (The Economist). French journalists arrested for blackmailing Morocco's King Mohammed VI with ... Read More »
August 28, 2015 | Filed under: Book links
James Polk, the former House of Anansi Press editorial director, first encountered Helen Weinzweig’s writing in 1972, when a typed manuscript arrived in a box at the Toronto publisher with the instructions, “Throw the pages ... Read More »
August 27, 2015
Japanese books retailer buys up Haruki Murakami essay stock (The Guardian) Big bonuses for beleaguered Barnes & Noble bosses (Publishers Weekly) Touring Tokyo's bookstores (Abe Books) No need for panic: Morrissey's debut novel out in ... Read More »
August 25, 2015 | Filed under: Book links
From Blume to Franzen, how does the Toronto Public Library’s Appel Salon attract its A-list literary talent? When Judy Blume walked into the Toronto Public Library’s Bram & Bluma Appel Salon on June 29, the ... Read More »
August 21, 2015
Deborah Ellis's best-selling YA novel The Breadwinner (Groundwood Books) is about to get a Hollywood-sized boost with news that Angelina Jolie Pitt will executive produce its animated-film adaptation. The book and its three accompanying titles, ... Read More »
August 11, 2015 | Filed under: Book news
Are soundtracks for ebooks the future of digital reading? New Zealand tech startup Booktrack believes there's a consumer and publisher demand for ebooks with synchronized music and ambient sounds – and apparently investors think so, ... Read More »
July 21, 2015 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
In 2010, poet Susan Musgrave took over the Copper Beech bed and breakfast on Haida Gwaii. A longtime resident of the B.C. island, Musgrave’s latest book, A Taste of Haida Gwaii: Food Gathering and ... Read More »
Family folklore Canada has few musical dynasties as beloved as the McGarrigle family. Random House Canada’s Mountain City Girls: The McGarrigle Family Album, by Anna and Jane McGarrigle (sisters to Kate, aunts to Rufus and ... Read More »
July 20, 2015 | Filed under: Preview
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