by Leigh Anne Williams

The very model of a modern author website

Authors and publishers who are still wondering what kind of information they should be putting on this thing called the Internet should take a look at the website D.F. Bailey has built for his new ... Read More »

August 30, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

CanLit galore at Toronto's film fest

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off next week, and the lineup features a healthy array of CanLit tie-ins. There's already been much ballyhoo about Jeremy Podeswa's adaptation of Anne Michaels' Fugitive Pieces, and about ... Read More »

August 30, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Toronto's new gay lit fest

By Leigh Anne Williams

A new Toronto literary fest focused on gay and lesbian literature kicks off this Sunday. Writing Outside the Margins, organized by Xtra magazine, features a day-long lineup of readings by various authors, including Nalo Hopkinson, ... Read More »

August 24, 2007 | Filed under: Events

More hard times for JT LeRoy

By Leigh Anne Williams

Today, a guest post from incoming Q&Q editorial intern Stuart Woods, who joins us at the beginning of next month. Ever since the true identity of author JT LeRoy was revealed, the career of Laura ... Read More »

August 24, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

It came from the slush pile

By Leigh Anne Williams

In this essay (which also appeared in Paste magazine), blogger Nick Zaino chronicles his days working for a "book doctoring" company in Buffalo – "editing and critiquing the work of hopeful authors with money to ... Read More »

August 16, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Wieseltier vs. New Yorker, Part Deux

By Leigh Anne Williams

The New York Observer has more on literary critic James Wood's defection from The New Republic to The New Yorker. The angle: will Wood have to tone down his hard-hitting approach to criticism, since The ... Read More »

August 16, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks – Poe mystery solved, and more

By Leigh Anne Williams

You know that mysterious figure who visited Edgar Allan Poe's grave every year? Nevermore. And it turns out it was all a publicity stunt cooked up by the guy "who led the fight to preserve ... Read More »

August 16, 2007 | Filed under: Book links

In the September Q&Q

By Leigh Anne Williams

Step right up, folks, the September 2007 issue of Quill & Quire is out now. It features a cover profile of author Elizabeth Hay, whose new novel is set in a Yellowknife CBC station in ... Read More »

August 15, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Market research disguised as education

By Leigh Anne Williams

The blog Two Umbrellas points to an eyebrow-raising scheme: a continuing education course at Temple University in Philadelphia entitled "A Sneak Peek at Tomorrow's Bestsellers." According to the course description: Every fall publishers introduce and ... Read More »

August 9, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

A stamp of disapproval for M&S

By Leigh Anne Williams

Every publisher gets a little bad press now and then; it's part of the game. But rarely does it come from the stamp-collecting media. McClelland & Stewart, though, has gotten some unflattering attention from Canadian ... Read More »

August 9, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

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The very model of a modern author website

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More hard times for JT LeRoy

It came from the slush pile

Wieseltier vs. New Yorker, Part Deux

Bookmarks – Poe mystery solved, and more

In the September Q&Q

Market research disguised as education

A stamp of disapproval for M&S

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