Fine Print, the television show about Canadian books that airs on four channels, celebrated its 100th episode in February. Producer and host Carolyn Weaver launched the show in 2001; since then, she has branched into ... Read More »

In her Speech from the Throne on Feb. 2, Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson made only one reference to culture, and it was both fleeting and cryptic. “The government will work with parliamentarians to modernize our arts ... Read More »

Indigo hit the first major glitch in its conversion to the SAP inventory management system in February, forcing the chain to push back its SAP launch by one month. Publisher reaction to the delay was ... Read More »

John Wiley & Sons Canada is adding breadth to its publishing program by moving – albeit cautiously – into the true crime and sports categories.The Wiley Canada trade list is based on business books, and ... Read More »

This summer will mark the two-year anniversary of the launch of Amazon in Canada, which pushed Indigo to renew its own e-selling efforts. But while the online market appears to be growing, small publishers are ... Read More »

From the Margaret Atwood home page, http://www.io.org/~toadaly, reprinted with permission of the authorLetter Sent in Reply to Requests for Blurbsby Margaret Atwood(I blurb only for the dead, these days.)“You are well known, Ms. Atwood,” the ... Read More »

Writers know rejection in many forms: supportive note, form-letter FOAD, careless comments, apologetic phone calls: “I’m sorry, we just couldn’t get it past the board.” But the folks at McClelland & Stewart have devised a ... Read More »

Would you think of setting a ship out to sea without first mashing a magnum against its mast (or bow, or head, or whatever)? If Quill is not mistaken, seafaring suspicion has it that without ... Read More »