Another independent Canadian publisher is exiting the business. McArthur & Company, which has been facing financial problems, announced Friday it will close. (Their last reported deal at PM was in mid-2011.) Founder Kim McArthur is partnering with Miron Blumental (who was an attorney and film/tv producer for the late Maeve Binchy) to create a literary and creative agency, McArthur Blumental Creative, the Toronto Star reports. McArthur called her time as an independent publisher “a mostly grand 15-year run.” She told the newspaper, “We are hoping to make this as seamless a transition for the authors as possible, as we did […]