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Distribution change: ChiZine Publications

February 10, 2012 at 4:19 PM | Filed under: Agency/distribution changes, News

ChiZine Publications’ trade sales and... Read the rest »

Small Print Toronto launches new workshop series with Dennis Lee

February 9, 2012 at 5:06 PM | Filed under: News

This weekend, Dennis Lee will workshop his latest book with his most discerning readers: the Kindergarten set. In front an audience of four- to... Read the rest »

Access Copyright signs licensing deal with Western, U of T

February 8, 2012 at 3:56 PM | Filed under: News

In what could lay the groundwork for a mending of ties with other postsecondary institutions, Access Copyright has reached agreements with the University of Toronto... Read the rest »

Deals: debut fiction from Goose Lane; Paul Almond lands TV deal; and more

February 8, 2012 at 5:27 PM | Filed under: Deals, News

Goose Lane Editions publisher Susanne Alexander and fiction editor Bethany Gibson have acquired the rights to two Canadian first novels: Chris Gudgeon’s The Song Of... Read the rest »

Personnel changes: Random House of Canada

February 7, 2012 at 12:17 PM | Filed under: News

Random House of Canada has made several hires in its digital department. Christopher Frey has been hired as director of digital publishing, responsible for... Read the rest »

Children’s author Joyce Barkhouse leaves behind a Maritime legacy

February 6, 2012 at 5:23 PM | Filed under: Obituary

Children’s author Joyce Barkhouse, best known for her 1990 novel Pit Pony, died in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, on Feb. 2. Barkhouse was 98 years old.... Read the rest »

Yvonne Hunter out at Penguin Canada

February 6, 2012 at 5:34 PM | Filed under: News, Personnel changes

After six years with the firm, Yvonne Hunter is no longer in charge of publicity and marketing at Penguin Canada. Hunter’s title at Penguin... Read the rest »

Books for Business closes Toronto storefront, expands online business

February 2, 2012 at 1:43 PM | Filed under: News

A little more than a year after taking over as CEO of Toronto’s Books for Business, CEO Sean Neville announced the financial district bookstore will... Read the rest »

Personnel changes: Random House of Canada, Doubleday Canada

February 1, 2012 at 6:14 PM | Filed under: News, Personnel changes

Kristin Cochrane has been promoted from vice-president to senior vice-president of Random House of Canada. Cochrane, who started with the company in 2005, remains as... Read the rest »

Distribution changes: Codasat Canada

February 1, 2012 at 9:03 PM | Filed under: Agency/distribution changes

Codasat Canada has several distribution changes to announce. Effective immediately, Codasat is the exclusive Canadian distributor for Millichap Books. Orders, billing, and shipping are... Read the rest »

Deals: Doubleday signs four more Flavia de Luce titles; plus new acquisitions for Greystone, M&S, and more

February 1, 2012 at 6:04 PM | Filed under: Deals, News

Greystone Books has acquired world rights to A Mother’s Story by Ginny Dennehy with Shelley Fralic. The book explores how Dennehy survived the tragedy of... Read the rest »

Toronto publishers grow their businesses with the 100 Mile Literary Diet

January 30, 2012 at 9:54 PM | Filed under: News

A handful of Toronto-based publishers are taking cues from the locavore food movement to organize a seasonal promotion with a neighbourhood farmers’ market. Pedlar... Read the rest »

Personnel changes: Knopf Random Canada

January 30, 2012 at 9:48 PM | Filed under: Personnel changes

Knopf Random Canada has two staffing changes to report. Effective immediately, Marion Garner has been promoted to associate publisher. Garner will continue in her... Read the rest »

Audiobooks.com launches North America’s first cloud-based streaming service

January 26, 2012 at 9:50 PM | Filed under: News

A Toronto startup hopes to compete in the subscription audiobook market by offering the first cloud-based streaming service in North America. For $24.95 per... Read the rest »

Canadian publishers get down to business at the Canada Council’s Translation Rights Fair

January 26, 2012 at 10:20 PM | Filed under: News

With the Canada Council for the Arts hosting its second translation rights fair on Friday, more than 65 English- and French-language publishers and literary agents... Read the rest »

Personnel change: Publishers Group Canada

January 26, 2012 at 9:57 PM | Filed under: Personnel changes

Effective Feb. 1, Publishers Group Canada publicist Jennifer Lynch will handle publicity for Perseus Books Group. Lynch will continue in her role as publicist... Read the rest »

Deals: Penguin to publish Bride of New France sequel; and more

January 25, 2012 at 10:48 PM | Filed under: Deals, News

Penguin Canada commissioning editor Adrienne Kerr has acquired Canadian English-language rights to Suzanne Desrochers’ untitled sequel to her best-selling 2011 debut, Bride of New France.... Read the rest »

Fairmount Books set to close

January 24, 2012 at 3:38 PM | Filed under: News

Fairmount Books Inc. plans to close its doors after 29 years as one of North America’s largest suppliers of publishers’ overstock and remainders. Located... Read the rest »

Razorbill Canada launches YA online community

January 23, 2012 at 5:10 PM | Filed under: Children's and educational publishing

Penguin Canada has launched an online community to complement its new YA imprint, Razorbill Canada, and spark discussion among teen readers. Razorbill.ca features book... Read the rest »

Joan Thomas, Chris Turner among upcoming Berton House writers-in-residence

January 19, 2012 at 5:53 PM | Filed under: Awards, News

The Writers’ Trust of Canada has announced the next four writers-in-residence for the Berton House Writers’ Retreat, Canada’s northernmost authors’ residency program in Dawson City,... Read the rest »