A second bookstore marketing survey, conducted by The Writers’ Union of Canada last fall, indicates that independents still offer a greater proportion of their display space to Canadian-authored titles. Union members across Canada checked out ... Read More »

The federal government has taken another bite out of the two funding programs for Canadian publishers, reducing total allocations for 1996 from $20-million to $17.5-million: $13.5-million for publishers’ block grants and $4-million towards the postal ... Read More »

Doug Whiteway's first publichsed novel has a built-in audience: anyone who's ever wondered what it would be like to be a fly on the wall inside Buckinghman Palace.The Winnipeg author, who writes under the name ... Read More »

North 49 Books plans to launch a publishing imprint this spring with the mid-May release of Vanishing Villages, a history of Ontario’s disappearing towns by ghost-town connoisseur Ron Brown. The Toronto-based book wholesaler and distributor, ... Read More »

With the Atlanta Olympics fast approaching, several Canadian publishers are poised to cash in on book sales tied to the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympiad.Among the contenders are The Olympic Century, an ambitious 25-volume ... Read More »

Canadian book retailers are breathing a little easier this spring with the news that Borders will not be coming north – for now. “We won the first battle,” says Richard King, a Montreal bookseller and ... Read More »

Stoddart publishing has sent a strong signal that it intends to emerge as one of the top players in the Canadian children’s market with the acquisition in mid-March of Lester Publishing’s prize-winning kids’ list.Coming less ... Read More »

In the aftermath of a difficult 1995, Brian Melzack’s Bestsellers retail chain appears to be heading towards a crisis, despite growth in the company’s distribution operation. During the first few months of 1996, several outlets ... Read More »