McClelland & Stewart has created a new division to consolidate its growing interests in the children’s market. Besides the M&S children’s program, the new division – headed by sales and marketing director Susan Jasper – ... Read More »

Rod Macleod and Bob Beal, the historians who launched a lawsuit earlier this year against author Maggie Siggins, claiming her bestselling biography, Riel, plagiarized parts of their book, Prairie Fire, say they will be forcedriel-litigants-seek-funds/> ... Read More »

NOT CANADIAN, EH? • Cancon watchdog group 50/50 (Canadians for Canadian Culture and Entertainment) says the Doubleday Book Club’s six latest bestsellers are “a slap in the face” to citizens of this country because none ... Read More »

HOW THEY SEE IT • These days, it seems everyone’s opening a superstore. Lichtman’s, the Toronto-based mini-chain, announced the opening of theirs in their spring 1997 newsletter: “The inventory of our nine locations is linked ... Read More »