8/14/2008 - Watch for CBA's new website ... coming soon!

CBA has a brand new website under development which will be more easily navigated, have better members-only information and include a completely new Find A Bookstore link.

8/9/2008 - 2008 Hugo Award Results Announced

The results of the 2008 Hugo Awards were announced at Denvention 3, the 66th World Science Fiction Convention, in Denver, Colorado, USA last Saturday.

8/8/2008 - Statement by Joseph L. Rotman, Chair of the Canada Council for the Arts

Ottawa, August 8, 2008 – I was delighted to learn this week that the Government of Canada has appointed me to a five-year term as Chair of the Canada Council for the Arts, effective July 30, 2008.

8/6/2008 - Finalists Announced for Coveted TD Canadian Children's Literature Awards (Two prestigious $20,000 prizes to be awarded)

MONTREAL, Aug. 6 /CNW/ - The Canadian Children's Book Centre and TD Bank Financial Group are proud to announce the finalists of the 2008 TD Canadian Children's Literature Awards for the most distinguished books of the year.

8/1/2008 - Amazon.com to acquire AbeBooks

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced that, subject to closing conditions, it has reached an agreement to acquire AbeBooks. AbeBooks is an online marketplace for books, with over 110 million primarily used, rare and out-of-print books listed for sale by thousands of independent booksellers from around the world.

7/31/2008 - Hidden credit card fees are costing you (New (U.S.) legislation may mean an end to interchange fees)

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Swiping your credit card at the register may save you time, but it certainly won't save you money. Thanks to hidden fees, credit card purchases are costing you more than you may know. Whether you use a card or not, you're probably paying more than $400 a year in "interchange fees...

6/15/2008 - 2008 CBA Libris Award Winners Announced (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE)

Elizabeth Hay, Lawrence Hill, Naomi Klein and Mélanie Watt were among the big winners revealed at Canadian Booksellers Association’s (CBA's) Libris Awards 2008 Presentation, which took place on June 15, 2008 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in an evening hosted by author and CBC Radio One host Bill Richardson.

6/6/2008 - The 2008 Arthur Ellis Award Winners Announced

Last night, the Crime Writers of Canada handed out the 2008 Arthur Ellis Awards, Canada’s premier award for excellence in the crime genre for work published in 2007.

6/4/2008 - Griffin Poetry Prize Winners Announced

John Ashbery’s Notes from the Air: Selected Later Poems and Robin Blaser’s The Holy Forest: Collected Poems of Robin Blaser are the International and Canadian winners of the eighth annual Griffin Poetry Prize.

5/27/2008 - Canadian Jewish Book Award Winners Announced

The Canadian Jewish Book Awards celebrates excellence in Canadian writing that reflects Jewish themes and subjects in history, fiction, Yiddish, theatre and other fields