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Writers’ Trust launches writing fellowship for Canada’s sesquicentennial

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced a new fellowship that will award $150,000 to a trio of authors over three years in honour of the country's 150th anniversary. Each writer – one per year ... Read More »

November 17, 2015 | Filed under: Industry news, Writing life

Canada Council announces new funding model for 2017

By Conan Tobias

The Canada Council for the Arts today revealed the structure of its new funding model, which director and CEO Simon Brault calls “an important milestone of … renewal” for the organization. In a video posted ... Read More »

June 3, 2015 | Filed under: Industry news

Dundurn Press founder Kirk Howard receives Janice E. Handford Award

By Becky Robertson

The Ontario Book Publishers Association named Dundurn Press founder and president Kirk Howard the recipient of its Janice E. Handford Award at a reception in Toronto last night. Established in 1997, the annual award honours ... Read More »

May 21, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Industry news

Second annual Reading Town Canada slated for Charlottetown and Calgary

By Becky Robertson

The National Reading Campaign has announced that the second annual Reading Town Canada will be held in Charlottetown, P.E.I., in partnership with the P.E.I. Literary Alliance and the Confederation Centre Public Library, and in Calgary, ... Read More »

March 17, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Children's publishing, Events, Industry news

Writers’ Trust of Canada wins $25,000 in funding through RBC’s public vote

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada has won $25,000 in funding thanks to the RBC Emerging Artists Project. RBC, which sponsors the Writers' Trust RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, conducted a public poll asking ... Read More »

March 2, 2015 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

HarperCollins U.K. apologizes for omitting Israel from atlas, will pulp remaining copies

By Sue Carter

HarperCollins U.K. has released a statement on its Facebook page apologizing for omitting Israel from its Collins Middle East Atlas. According to the Bookseller, the international Catholic newspaper, the Tablet, discovered that the atlas, which ... Read More »

January 5, 2015 | Filed under: Industry news

David Kent, domestic publishing, and the problem of distribution: why yesterday’s HarperCollins news matters

By Steven W. Beattie

There are plenty of reasons to be concerned about yesterday's news that HarperCollins Canada is embarking on a restructuring that will see the elimination of more than 100 jobs. The most high-profile of those job ... Read More »

November 5, 2014 | Filed under: Industry news

Hachette’s Perseus sale “terminated”

By Sue Carter

After a delay in July, Hachette Book Group's purchase of publishing and distribution company Perseus Books Group has been cancelled. In June, Hachette announced its plans to buy Perseus's (mostly non-fiction) publishing divisions, with its ... Read More »

August 8, 2014 | Filed under: Industry news

Harlequin to be sold to News Corp, become division of HarperCollins

By Sue Carter

Since news of the Penguin Random House merger broke in 2012, rumours have been swirling that HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster might be the next to consolidate, which is one reason why this morning's news ... Read More »

May 2, 2014 | Filed under: Industry news

Babstock, Brand, and Connolly named to new M&S poetry board

By Emma Renda

McClelland & Stewart announced today that poets Ken Babstock, Dionne Brand, and Kevin Connolly will form the press's inaugural poetry board. The first list published under the board's direction will appear next spring. Babstock, a ... Read More »

March 25, 2014 | Filed under: Industry news

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Writers’ Trust launches writing fellowship for Canada’s sesquicentennial

Canada Council announces new funding model for 2017

Dundurn Press founder Kirk Howard receives Janice E. Handford Award

Second annual Reading Town Canada slated for Charlottetown and Calgary

Writers’ Trust of Canada wins $25,000 in funding through RBC’s public vote

HarperCollins U.K. apologizes for omitting Israel from atlas, will pulp remaining copies

David Kent, domestic publishing, and the problem of distribution: why yesterday’s HarperCollins news matters

Hachette’s Perseus sale “terminated”

Harlequin to be sold to News Corp, become division of HarperCollins

Babstock, Brand, and Connolly named to new M&S poetry board

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