In anticipation of Saturday’s event, Q&Q checked in with indie booksellers across the country to find out some of the Canadian-published titles they are excited to be selling this year.
Toronto’s oldest children’s bookstore launches fundraising campaign to cover cost of move
To help cover the costs of moving and renovation, Mabel’s Fables has launched a GoFundMe.
Bookmark initiative to help customers shop Canadian titles
The bookmark initiative, launched by a group of independent Canadian publisher-distributers, gives booksellers a simple way to let customers know which books are Canadian-authored.
Login Canada urges Canadians to speak out against counter-tariffs
Login Canada has joined the growing chorus of book industry voices calling for books and other educational materials to be exempt from the upcoming Canadian counter-tariffs.
CIBA, Indigo ask PM to exempt books from upcoming Canadian counter-tariffs
Canadian booksellers have united to ask the prime minister to exempt books from the 25 per cent counter-tariffs that are due to take effect on a further $125 billion worth of goods imported into Canada from the U.S. on April 2.
Indie booksellers Fincher’s and Forster’s Book Garden to close
Excerpt from Books and the City: Psychogeographical Wanderings Around Toronto’s Independent Bookstores
Blue Heron Books marks 35 years with a detailed look at the store’s history
At an anniversary party on November 23, the store’s 1,000-square-foot studio space, which they use for classes, events, and storytelling, was given over to telling the store’s history.
GST holiday more headache than benefit for booksellers
Books are one of the goods that will be exempt from GST during the federal government’s proposed two-month tax break, but booksellers aren’t convinced the GST holiday will lead to anything more than holiday shopping delayed into late December along with added accounting complications.
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