A refundable tax credit announced in last year's Ontario provincial budget has now been given Royal Assent - and its scope has been expanded to offer further incentives to publishers.Publishers applauded last spring's announcement of ... Read More »

Chapters will begin offering free courses and workshops in March at seven superstores in the Toronto area as a result of a pilot program conducted at its Burlington, Ontario store during the fall.Active Minds: Chapters ... Read More »

When Douglas Cooper made his debut with Amnesia in 1992, critics proclaimed the birth of a new Michael Ondaatje or a second Margaret At-wood. For the Toronto-born novelist, the praise was more damaging than itdeliriums-long-trip-from-net-to-novel/> ... Read More »

When Joe March of McClelland & Stewart noticed a sizeable blip in sales of Anne Michaels' Fugitive Pieces last August - more than a year after the book was published - he did an analysis ... Read More »

Canadian Library Associationhttp://www.da.amlibs.ca Includes position statements on intellectual freedom and electronic networks. A Chronicle of Freedom of Expression in Canadahttp://insight. mcmaster.ca/org/efc/pages/chronicle/chronicle.htmlYear-by-year account (1914-1997) of censorship in Canada with links to censorship resources, net censorship, documents, ... Read More »

Retail sales were reasonable - in some cases rosy - for the Canadian J book business this Christmas, as a healthy economy and award-winning books by Canadian and international writers helped draw consumers into stores. ... Read More »

Six months after a judge ruled in their favour, the six authors and illustrators who took Somerville House to court over unpaid royalties have been paid. The Toronto-based children's packager issued cheques to the creators ... Read More »