In the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, the provincial Government has introduced a new book tax. The new 10 per cent book tax took effect on January 1 2017, and is in addition …
Toronto: Book Summit 16 and The Canadian Writers’ Summit
Book Summit 16 and The Canadian Writers’ Summit (CWS) took place from June 15th – 19th 2016 in Toronto, Canada. The International Authors Forum was lucky enough to take part, …
The Writers’ Union of Canada Launches #WhyWritersMatter Campaign
In conjunction with the inaugural Canadian Writers’ Summit taking place June 15-19, 2016 at Harbourfront in Toronto, The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is launching its #WhyWritersMatter Campaign. Canadian writers …
IAF asks Canadian Ministers to remedy damage to authors’ rights and incomes due to educational copyright exceptions
The members of the International Authors Forum (IAF) – 57 organisations representing over 600,000 individual creators worldwide – have written to Government Ministers in Canada. They ask them to take …