by Leigh Anne Williams

Sympathy for the pedophile

When the third question in an author interview is "Are you suggesting that having sexual feelings for little girls is normal?" you know the writer's new book isn't your typical CanLit meditation on memory and ... Read More »

March 5, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

ReganBooks gone, but catalogue lives on

By Leigh Anne Williams

Parent company HarperCollins may have shut down ReganBooks late last year, but the defunct imprint has issued a ghostly transmission in the form of its summer 2007 catalogue, which hit the Q&Q home office this ... Read More »

March 1, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Free to read, you and me (2007)*

By Leigh Anne Williams

There are still a couple of days left in Freedom to Read Week, which we should probably mark now more than ever, what with an Ontario school getting worked up about Snow Falling on Cedars ... Read More »

March 1, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Couldn't get a ticket, it was a sold-out show

By Leigh Anne Williams

Author Kenneth J. Harvey is known for sending out regular e-mail updates about his career to an ever-growing list of people. (In fact, he's written about it for Q&Q.) But after years of building up ... Read More »

March 1, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Smiley's boogie nights

By Leigh Anne Williams

American author Jane Smiley defends her sexytimes-filled new novel, Ten Days in the Hills, in an op-ed piece for the Los Angeles Times. She says she was inspired by The Decameron and "wanted to go ... Read More »

February 22, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

A tournament? Of books?

By Leigh Anne Williams

The U.S. website The Morning News has announced its lineup of contenders for this year's "Tournament of Books." The annual event features a group of litbloggers and critics pitting 16 notable novels of the past ... Read More »

February 22, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Friday Photo: Chapters from on high

By Leigh Anne Williams

Flickr photographer Nesha captures the merchandising floor of a Toronto Chapters location – we're pretty sure it's the John and Richmond location – from an unusual vantage point. The perspective highlights the canny floor layout, ... Read More »

February 16, 2007 | Filed under: Bookselling

NYTBR's Tanenhaus vs. the litbloggers

By Leigh Anne Williams

Knight News writer Michael Orbach has a longish interview with New York Times Book Review editor Sam Tanenhaus about the premises and methodology that go into the section. Though many litbloggers' occasionally over-the-top anger about ... Read More »

February 15, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Professors Rushdie and Amis

By Leigh Anne Williams

Nearly everyone has a bad Valentine's Day story – and there are undoubtedly a few more out there after yesterday – but few can top Salman Rushdie's. The Ayatollah Khomeini's murderous fatwa against the author ... Read More »

February 15, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Meanwhile, back at the print office

By Leigh Anne Williams

The March 2007 issue of Quill & Quire is en route to subscribers and stores now. It includes a profile of novelist Jacqueline Baker; a look at how Alberta’s oil boom is affecting the book ... Read More »

February 14, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

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Sympathy for the pedophile

ReganBooks gone, but catalogue lives on

Free to read, you and me (2007)*

Couldn't get a ticket, it was a sold-out show

Smiley's boogie nights

A tournament? Of books?

Friday Photo: Chapters from on high

NYTBR's Tanenhaus vs. the litbloggers

Professors Rushdie and Amis

Meanwhile, back at the print office

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