Across a broad range of topics for conference, today’s Tech Forum in Toronto is geared to exploring how ‘to take advantage of the opportunities created by technological change to reach readers.’
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Ontario’s 49th Teachers Site Supports Canadian Books in Schools
Now entering its first full year of operation, Canada’s 49th Teachers site is soon to add teacher-generated resources to its bid to promote Canadian literature in schools.
Canada’s Kids Can Press Finds Rights Interest in Timely Titles at Frankfurt
Toronto-based Kids Can Press reports strong international interest at Frankfurter Buchmesse for the publisher’s issue-driven list of upcoming titles.
Arctic Circle Publishing: Inhabit Media Makes Its Frankfurt Debut
Deciding to open foreign rights sales as ‘something we needed to do for our authors,’ the Inuit-owned publishing house Inhabit Media has staged its arrival at Frankfurter Buchmesse, on the ramp up to Canada’s stint as Guest of Honor in 2020.
If English Is the New Lingua Franca, Is Diversity Promoted? Or Limited?
At Cambridge University Press, Paul Colbert is seeing a growing demand for English-language learning materials. Here he discusses the good and bad of English as a lingua franca.
Star-Studded ‘Canada Reads’: Five Books, Three Publishers, Big Sales
The CBC Books production ‘Canada Reads’ 2018 airs next week, hosted by Ali Hassan. Available on radio, the Internet, and television, the program could be a model for many world markets looking to reach readers through media channels.
An Annual Title Fight: Canadian Celebrities Square Off for ‘Canada Reads’
By the end of the annual ‘Canada Reads’ TV show on March 29, only one of the competition’s titles and its celebrity advocate will still be standing.
Can Crowdfunding Author Services Power Canada’s Startup PubLaunch?
‘A four-month programming project ended up taking two years,’ as Iguana Books publisher Greg Ioannou says. Once expected to be a new base of operation for Pubslush, his Toronto-based author services crowdfunding company PubLaunch is to open this month.
At a Conference on Canada’s Copyright Modernization Act: ‘Where Does Balance Fit?’
‘Canadian content? There won’t be any,’ warned Kate Taylor of the ‘Globe and Mail,’ as she moderated a panel on Canada’s Copyright Modernization Act.
Indigenous Writers in Canada: Interview with Author Cherie Dimaline
There’s more work to be done in recognizing Indigenous authors in Canada, says Cherie Dimaline, a 2017 Governor General’s Literary Award winner.