April 23, the anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth and death, has been chosen as the new date for this year’s second annual Canada Book Day – the same date UNESCO also declared as World Book and ... Read More »

Canadian audio producers want to form an association to promote their product in the domestic market. A group of about a dozen publishers met in February to discuss establishing a group – similar to the ... Read More »

By attempting to occupy a Coles store in Fredericton recently, author Kenneth J. Harvey launched what he says will be an ongoing protest against the low percentage of Canadian titles stocked in bookstores across the ... Read More »

University of Alberta Press has touched a nerve with a recently released title critiquing the Ralph Klein government cuts in Alberta. Shredding the Public Interest by Edmonton author Kevin Taft had sold 15,000 copies and ... Read More »

With the May launch of its 1997 New Face of Fiction campaign, Knopf Canada appears to have reaffirmed its commitment to the hardcover format for new writers. But appearances can be deceiving. The publisher came close ... Read More »

Nothing can be said for certain about the upcoming release of J.D. Salinger’s Hapworth 16, 1924 – except that in Canada H.B. Fenn has accepted some highly unusual terms to distribute it. The novella, which was ... Read More »

The Canada Council has caused a stir in the writing community by announcing plans to ask successful authors for financial contributions to help fund arts grants. The Fund for Future Generations, a new initiative being launched ... Read More »

In 1915, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle predicted that Canadians, given enough time, would produce a volume of great literature that would one day delight the entire world. His comment appears to have gained momentum during ... Read More »