Yanowitz, Aalto follow Stevenson out of Chapters

Less than a week after the completion of Trilogy Retail Enterprises’ takeover of Chapters, the changing of the guard has begun. Heather Reisman has replaced Larry Stevenson as CEO, and president Harry Yanowitz left the ... Read More »

April 14, 2004

Wallace reissue adds new story

By Q&Q Staff

When Bronwen Wallace’s short-story collection People You’d Trust Your Life To appeared in 1990, it received admiring notice – but Wallace wasn’t alive to enjoy the response. The Kingston writer had died of cancer the ... Read More »

April 14, 2004 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

New ventures change distribution landscape

By Q&Q Staff

New ventures, the GDS meltdown, the launch of Amazon.ca – the ever-shifting Canadian book distribution landscape shows no sign of settling any time soon. Here Q&Q looks at recent developments.Warwick venture adds clientsWarwick, the entrepreneurial ... Read More »

April 14, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Key Porter and Fenn: Is distribution just the beginning?

By Q&Q Staff

Key Porter Books’ new distribution arrangement has fueled speculation that H.B. Fenn and Company is about to acquire an ownership stake in the publisher – but neither party is talking.This week Key Porter announced that ... Read More »

April 14, 2004

Greater than the sum of their parts?

By Q&Q Staff

E-publishing might be stalled in Canada, but once it gets going in a big way, publishers may enjoy even greater control over their titles than they do now. In early March, Rob Handlovsky of the ... Read More »

April 14, 2004 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

General Publishing receiver to be named today

By Q&Q Staff

With both General Distribution Services and General Publishing officially bankrupt this week, the receivership process will be disputed in court this morning.General president Jack Stoddart has filed a motion asking the court to appoint accounting ... Read More »

April 14, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Awards file

By Q&Q Staff

McArthur wins Woman Entrepreneur award – Last night McArthur & Company founder Kim McArthur won the Rotman Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the startup category. McArthur launched her company in 1998, after ... Read More »

April 14, 2004

For the week of Oct. 27, 2002

By Q&Q Staff

Hardcover fiction1. The Last Crossing, Guy Vanderhaeghe, $37.99 (McClelland & Stewart)2. Unless, Carol Shields, $35.95 (Random House Canada)3. The Navigator of New York, Wayne Johnston, $37 (Knopf Canada)4. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold, $29.95 (Little, ... Read More »

April 13, 2004

For the week of Dec. 9, 2001

By Q&Q Staff

Hardcover Fiction1. Clara Callan, Richard B. Wright, $32 (HarperFlamingo Canada)2. The Fiery Cross, Diana Gabaldon, $39.95 (Doubleday Canada)3. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, Alice Munro, $34.99 (McClelland & Stewart) 4. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen, $39.95 ... Read More »

April 13, 2004

For the week of Jan. 7, 2001

By Q&Q Staff

Hardcover fiction1. The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood, $37.99 (McClelland & Stewart) 2. The Constant Gardener, John Le Carré, $37.99 (Penguin Canada)3. Winter’s Heart, Robert Jordan, $39.95 (Tor Fantasy/H.B. Fenn)4. Mercy Among the Children, David Adams ... Read More »

April 13, 2004

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