Effective Dec. 31, Fitzhenry & Whiteside will no longer distribute ... Read More »
November 5, 2020
For more than 20 years, marketing expert Craig Riggs has worked with various global brands, many in the publishing industry. He is also lead on the online portal 49thShelf.com, a promotional initiative spearheaded by the ... Read More »
October 29, 2020
The Canada Book Fund’s new COVID-19 emergency relief fund may be nominally directed at distributors, but its purpose is to support the entire publishing supply chain. Julie Fairweather, director of book publishing policy and programs ... Read More »
October 29, 2020
Stephanie Sinclair once reached out on Twitter hoping to connect with other Indigenous literary agents like herself, but her attempt felt like “reaching out into the abyss.” Eight years after Sinclair, who is of Cree-Ojibwe ... Read More »
October 22, 2020
Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, has named the Honourable Luc Martineau as chair of the Copyright Board of Canada. The regulatory body oversees copyright terms and conditions as well as royalties to ... Read More »
October 21, 2020
Penguin Random House Canada is building an in-house rights operation with Adrienne Tang at the helm in the newly created position of vice-president, subsidiary rights. Tang, who will report directly to PRHC CEO Kristin Cochrane, comes ... Read More »
October 21, 2020
For more than a decade, Ivan Coyote has been performing more than 220 live gigs a year at schools, festivals, and other venues. But when the COVID-19 lockdowns hit early this year, the indefatigable author ... Read More »
October 19, 2020
Toronto has always been considered the epicentre of the Canadian publishing industry, headquarters to powerful multinationals, flagship retailers, and national literary awards. But now, with small thanks to COVID-19, the idea that one needs to ... Read More »
October 19, 2020
Viking Canada’s major 2021 debut, The Push by Ashley Audrain, has been optioned by Heyday Television, which is a joint venture with NBCUniversal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group. After a nine-way bidding ... Read More »
October 16, 2020
Workers at a third Indigo Books & Music location have successfully unionized. Employees at the Indigo Chapters Pinetree in Coquitlam, B.C., have voted in favour of joining the United Food and Commercial Workers union's Local ... Read More »
October 15, 2020
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