This week, we celebrated Sir John A.’s birthday, The Walrus launched a new TV series, Canadian publishing giant McClelland & Stewart was taken over, and Dave Broadfoot wisecracks about history.

A: Apparently to Germany. Today it was announced that the German-based publishing conglomerate Bertelsmann AG, which owns Random House, took full control of McClelland and Stewart, venerable independent Canadian publishing house and champion of Canadian literature through its flowering in the 20th century under the leadership of Jack McClelland, when it published such  stars in [...]

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