We’ve noted before the dismal earnings of Canadian authors: $9,380 in 2017, down from $12,879 in 2014. Things appear to …
Why Writers are Poor (2.0)
Crime Writing in Bars
My career as a crime reporter was over in a flash. In the late 1980s, I wrote a long story …
The Art of the Pitch: How to Sell Your Non-Fiction Manuscript to a Publisher
Ken Whyte’s tips for selling your non-fiction manuscript to a publisher There is no single correct way to pitch a …
Do You Really Need An Agent?
Do You Really Need An Agent? If you’re a writer, you may wonder whether or not you really need an …
Do You Really Need an Editor?
This week in Ask a Publisher: “Do I really need a book editor?” Well. We haven’t read all of the …
How to Write a Book
This week in Ask a Publisher, from subscriber Brent: “I have a book I want to write but I don’t …
Bestsellers: What it Takes
Who doesn’t want to be a bestselling author? Now you can do it, too. It’s easy. Publish a book on …
Ms. Amiel’s Friends & Enemies
Longtime Maclean’s and Times of London columnist Barbara Amiel’s memoir Friends & Enemies will be released next month. I haven’t …
CBC on Karen Gosbee’s A Perfect Nightmare, a True Story of Domestic Abuse
In Karen Gosbee’s new book, A Perfect Nightmare, Gosbee reveals the secrets that lay hidden beneath the glittering exterior of …
David Frum on the Deluge
I must be the only publisher in North America who hasn’t published a Trump book. Even my friends down the …