This is a list of organizations for writers and other people who are involved in the publishing industry in Canada. There are all kinds of groups and conferences and networking opportunities happening here. More in the mainstream than in the Christian area. But things are changing there too. I don't pretend to know all of [ Read more...]
Jul 172009
I have a few things to say about being Canadian in a publishing industry that doesn't really appreciate books set in Canada or recognize the differences in our culture. Thought I'd start here, with an article that was first published as the "International Column" for the May issue of Christian Fiction Online Magazine. I used [ Read more...]
On Saturday, I attended the grand opening of a Christian bookstore about fifteen minutes from my house. To say the store was crowded is an understatement. There were people everywhere – not a bad feat when you consider that Faith Family Books and Gifts is a 12,000 square foot store. There was a ribbon-cutting, Jamaican [ Read more...]
Sources tell me there’s a new Christian bookstore opening in Pickering on April 25th. The location is the same as the old Mitchell’s store – 2200 Brock Road, Unit 9. The manager is apparently Brian Reynolds, who was the last manager at the Mitchell’s Bookstore in Willowdale. I’m told the store will be called Michael’s [ Read more...]
For those who are anxious to know when the new Christian bookstore will open in Toronto, I got this message from Kern Kalideen: "I am one of the owners and the store will be opened for the first time on Saturday April, 4th 2009 at 10:am. This will be a soft opening since we will [ Read more...]
Feb 122009
(February 2009) Faith Family Books & Gifts is pleased to announce the opening of a new 11,000 sq foot retail bookstore and gift shop in Toronto at the McCowan and 401 crossroads this coming March. The new owners, a team of senior managers from the publishing, banking and retail industries, have purchased the remaining assets [ Read more...]
Faith Family Books and Gifts will be opening soon in Scarborough, Ontario. To see the text of the complete article from the Quill and Quire, see below. “A new Christian book retailer rises from R.G. Mitchell’s ashes January 27, 2009 | 6:27 PM | By Danielle Ng-See-Quan When the Ontario Christian book wholesaler and retailer [ Read more...]
I’ve had three opportunities lately to say what I thought about the Christian retail situation in Canada. One was for an article which is in the November/December issue of Faith Today. Now, I have no idea what the finished article will look like or how much of what I said in the interview will get [ Read more...]
Sep 252008
So you have written a book, but you're not ready to learn about the realities of the publishing world? You want a major publisher, preferably American, and that's that? If that's the case, then you may want to try to find an American agent.And it so happens that I know someone who gives great advice [ Read more...]
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