CANADA’S DUAL IDENTITY FINDS ITS PLACE IN THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING INDUSTRY; BUT FRENCH LITERATURE CAN TAKE A BACKSEAT
April 1st, 2012
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
IN comparison to larger publishing hubs such as France, the USA or Britain, Canada's literary market has always been regarded as relatively small in global terms. And at a time when the hard copy publishing industry is struggling as a whole, there have been some concerns that Canada's two official languages - which effectively split an already undersized book market - could be further exacerbating pressures. As a result, in recent years, Canadian authors have felt a certain push to make the settings and characters in their stories more universal ...
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