Barb Howson remembers the discouraging mood of the 1995 Guadalajara International Book Fair, the first to take place after the Mexican peso plummeted. “It was awful – very, very depressing, politically and economically,” says Howson, ... Read More »

While the future remained uncertain in early January for the troubled publishing program at Banff Centre for the Arts, Simon Fraser University has announced plans to offer its own series of summer courses this year ... Read More »

Contemplating the postsecondary student of the mid-1990s – someone born in the mid-1970s – McGraw-Hill Ryerson’s vice-president and general manager Ron Munro observes that these young people were raised not just on television, but on ... Read More »

The Edmonton Public Library recently opened its first new branch in 14 years and is now appealing to the public for the first time for money to open two more. The library hopes to secure ... Read More »

Up to 61 people are expected to lose their jobs at the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library.Layoff notices were to be sent out by early November, according to CEO Frances Schwenger, who said five managers and ... Read More »

Owl Communication’s Treehouse Family magazine has been relaunched by Multi-Vision Publishing as Owl-Canadian Family. The magazine, aimed at parents, will feature ... Read More »

Doing what they do best, Paul and Mary Knowles, who run English Garden Publishers, a small publishing house based in New Hamburg, Ontario, launched a book in September that they hope will help in the ... Read More »

A proposed merger between two prominent legal publishers – Butterworth Canada and Canada Law Book – has been called off. Stanley Corbett, president of Canada Law Book, says talks had been ongoing since the spring, ... Read More »

The American Booksellers Association has cashed in its 51% ownership stake in the annual ABA Convention and Trade Exhibit in Chicago. The show has been sold for an undisclosed amount to Association Expositions & Services ... Read More »

There’s a new piece of concert paraphernalia on tour with Rush this fall – a debut book by drummer Neil Peart that will have a place among souvenir posters, T-shirts, and CDs. The Masked Rider ... Read More »