From Quill & Quire: A part of this discussion among food book authors has to do with Canada’s deep multiculturalism and diversity.
German Book Trade’s Peace Prize Goes to Canadian Author Margaret Atwood
The German Booksellers & Publishers Association will honor Margaret Atwood with its Peace Prize for being ‘one of the most important storytellers of our era.’
BookNet Canada: Digital Revenue Up in 2016, Ebook Sales Down
Toronto-based Kobo and Seattle’s Amazon are neck-and-neck in Canadian publishers’ use of ebook retailers, BookNet Canada finds, in a new 2016 survey.
Margaret Atwood Named Winner of Prague’s Franz Kafka International Prize
The Franz Kafka prize winner speaks on Saturday (June 3) at BookExpo’s BookCon with ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ showrunner Bruce Miller.
Canadian-Specific Content Served in Kids Can Book Promotion with McDonald’s Canada
Calling books ‘an important piece of building a better future,’ McDonald’s Canada partners with children’s publisher Kids Can Press in a book promotion.
‘Nixon in China’ Historian Margaret MacMillan Named To Chair Canada’s $75,000 Cundill Prize
In ‘formulating questions and providing warnings,’ Canadian author Margaret MacMillan’s work embodies the importance of history in today’s political moment.
‘Common Ground’: Canada Council and Its Two Official Languages
More books are published in Francophone Canada than in Canada’s English-language regions. Here’s how Canada Council supports the country’s bilingual culture.
At BookNet Canada Tech Forum: A Focus on Repurposing Content
‘How can I use this across three different publications?’ is a question asked at Tech Forum, where making the most of your content was a key topic.
Canadian Retail: Rakuten Kobo Acquires Shelfie Technology
Rakuten Kobo will use Shelfie’s tech to identify reader preferences for recommendations and to offer ebook editions of print books owned by users.
France Offers Pre-Frankfurt Fellowship to Canadian Publishers
Building ‘relationships between English-speaking Canadian publishers and French counterparts,’ the ‘Books in Translation’ fellows will travel to Paris.