A VIA Rail passenger train will cross western Canada next week with six Canadian poets on board, hoping to pick up poetry fans and aspiring writers along the way.“The Poetry Train” will leave Winnipeg on ... Read More »
April 7, 2004
Today in Vancouver, BookNet Canada kicks off a month-long nationwide tour. Michael Tamblyn, the agency’s CEO, will discuss bibliographic standards and EDI for publishers in most of the country’s major markets.Each stop will feature a ... Read More »
April 7, 2004
The publishing community is finding solace where it can in the Supreme Court of Canada’s landmark ruling in the Law Society of Upper Canada case last week. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously against three legal ... Read More »
April 7, 2004
Gordon Platt, already well known to Canadian book publishers, has stepped into the Department of Canadian Heritage post vacated by Allan Clarke.Yesterday Platt was named acting director general, publishing policy and programs. He has been ... Read More »
April 7, 2004
Everyone has a cat-lover on their shopping list this Christmas, but when two Canadian celebrities release books on their fondness for felines, it’s a real kitty conundrum trying to choose. To aid the consumer, Quill ... Read More »
April 7, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news
Two errors crept into Andrew Pyper’s profile of Michelle Berry last month. Michelle Berry’s editor at Random House of Canada is Sarah Davies, not Sarah Ellis (who is a contributing editor to Q&Q). Also, Michelle ... Read More »
April 7, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news
• The title of Robert Bell’s book, Of Water and Wine: A Novel, appeared incorrectly in the May issue.• The photograph of crime writer Rick Mofina (Cold Fear, If Angels Fall) that appeared in the ... Read More »
Ask a booksellerI’m amazed you didn’t choose a bookseller or book consumer for your panel discussion about book jacket design (Apr. 2002). I applaud Scott Richardson, though, for at least seeking the opinion of Nicholas ... Read More »
April 7, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
A common misconceptionBill Harnum’s column in the July issue, “Who really benefits from grants?”, contains a few good points, but at the heart of his argument lies the old misconception that because the American market ... Read More »
April 7, 2004
• Sixty-four per cent of employees at small publishing companies were eligible for paid sick days in ... Read More »
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