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Canadian publishing has been hit by the second high profile departure in a month. The http://arts.nationalpost.com/2010/06/28/martha-kanya-forstner-resigns-as... target="_blank">National Post reports that Martha Kanya-Forstner has resigned as editor-in-chief of Doubleday Canada, where she has been for 12 years.
In a statement Kristin Cochrane, vice-president and publisher of Doubleday Canada Publishing Group, announced that Kanya-Forstner, who recently gave birth to her third daughter, would remain with the company "in a new, independent, freelance editorial arrangement".
As part of that, she will continue to work with several of writers, including Wayson Choy, Michael Crummey, Anthony De Sa, CS Richardson, James Maskalyk and James Orbinski. Kanya-Forstner, who first joined Doubleday Canada as an intern in 1998, has edited such authors as Nino Ricci, Fred Stenson, Christie Blatchford, and Camilla Gibb.
Former president and chief executive David Davidar left Penguin Canada earlier this month amid allegations of sexual harassment. His position has still not been filled.