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Indie booksellers Fincher’s and Forster’s Book Garden to close

Two Ontario independent booksellers are closing their doors in 2025. Forster's Book Garden in Bolton, Ontario, is closing at the end of February. The store founded and owned by Donna and Paul Forster opened in ... Read More »

February 19, 2025

Excerpt from Books and the City: Psychogeographical Wanderings Around Toronto’s Independent Bookstores

By Attila Berki

I have really grown to love Toronto. No doubt I wouldn’t feel the same if I actually lived here, but for an impromptu break every so often, it is perfect. The city is unassuming, welcoming, and full ... Read More »

February 12, 2025

Agency and distribution change: Lerner Publishing Group

By Attila Berki

Effective April 1, 2025, Publishers Group Canada ... Read More »

February 5, 2025

Agency and distribution change: Red Wheel Weiser

By Attila Berki

Effective March 1, 2025, Publishers Group Canada ... Read More »

February 5, 2025

Ayelet Tsabari wins two Jewish literary prizes

By Attila Berki

Ayelet Tsabari’s Songs for the Brokenhearted has recently won two literary awards, one in the U.S. and the other an international prize. Songs for the Brokenhearted, published by Random House in the U.S. and HarperCollins ... Read More »

February 5, 2025

Lane Anderson Awards announced

By Attila Berki

John Vaillant and L. E. Carmichael and Byron Eggenschwiler were named winners of the 2024 Lane Anderson Awards for Canadian science writing on January 29 at the North York Public Library in Toronto. Vaillant won ... Read More »

February 5, 2025

Canadians nominated for Edgar Allan Poe Awards

By Attila Berki

Canadian authors June Hur, Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson, Beverley McLachlin, Tom Ryan, Kelley Armstrong, and Margaret Atwood are among the nominees for the Mystery Writers of America's 2025 Edgar Allan Poe Awards. The shortlists were announced on ... Read More »

February 5, 2025

Obituary: Morton Mint

By Attila Berki

Morton Mint June 2, 1944–January 25, 2025 Morton (Morty) Mint was born and raised in Montreal. After graduation from McGill University, he moved to Toronto and entered the world of book publishing. He rose in ... Read More »

January 29, 2025

Excerpt from Bodies of Art, Bodies of Labour

By Attila Berki

In 1999 Alistair MacLeod publishes his one novel, No Great Mischief. It was a very big deal at the time. The master’s masterwork. International acclaim. Class struggle was at its heart. But I learned a ... Read More »

January 29, 2025

Excerpt from The Certainty Illusion: What You Don’t Know and Why It Matters

By Attila Berki

Our information environment is noisy. Insanely noisy. It has been estimated that by 2025, 463 exabytes of data will be created each day. That is a monstrously huge number, roughly equal to 212,765,957 DVDs. Approximately ... Read More »

January 22, 2025

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Indie booksellers Fincher’s and Forster’s Book Garden to close

Excerpt from Books and the City: Psychogeographical Wanderings Around Toronto’s Independent Bookstores

Agency and distribution change: Lerner Publishing Group

Agency and distribution change: Red Wheel Weiser

Ayelet Tsabari wins two Jewish literary prizes

Lane Anderson Awards announced

Canadians nominated for Edgar Allan Poe Awards

Obituary: Morton Mint

Excerpt from Bodies of Art, Bodies of Labour

Excerpt from The Certainty Illusion: What You Don’t Know and Why It Matters

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