Guy Delisle's latest graphic novel, Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, has been named best comic book of the year at the 39th Angoulême International Comics Festival. The Quebec-born artist was presented with the Fauve ... Read More »
What's the relationship between writers, their writing, and word processors? That's what Matthew Kirschenbaum has set out to explore in his book Track Changes: A Literary History of Word Processing, forthcoming from Harvard University Press ... Read More »
January 27, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
Children's author and illustrator Barbara Reid is set to be appointed to the Order of Ontario. Reid will receive the province's highest honour for her "unparalleled" influence on children's publishing in Canada over the past ... Read More »
In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the spring season's new books. MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY Revolutionary activity in the Middle East and North Africa has created an appetite for stories about life in these ... Read More »
Last week, Governor General David Johnston announced that he will appoint prolific children's writer Tim Wynne-Jones an Officer of the Order of Canada. Wynne-Jones has written more than 25 books, twice received the Governor General's ... Read More »
Sarah Polley is one step closer to bringing Margaret Atwood's 1996 novel Alias Grace to the big screen. According to the Canadian Press, Polley's adaptation of the Giller Prize“winning book is one of 29 scripts ... Read More »
Two of Toronto's longstanding independent bookstores will face major changes in 2012. This morning, Sue Houghting, owner of The Book Mark in the city's Kingsway neighbourhood, announced she will close shop after 46 years in ... Read More »
January 3, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling
The Grid has published a list of the most popular books at the Toronto Public Library in 2011. The number of holds placed by TPL patrons indicate that Toronto likes contemporary CanLit -- sorta. Canadian ... Read More »
Academic librarians in Canada enjoyed a small salary increase from 2010“2011, according to a recent industry study. The Association of Research Libraries released its annual salary review on Tuesday. The report finds the median salary ... Read More »
Toronto-based Rainbow Caterpillar Multilingual Children's Bookshop named Ahmad Marouf the winner of the first Rainbow Caterpillar Children's Literature in a Mother Language Award. The bookshop presented Marouf with the $750 prize at the Canadian Ethnic ... Read More »
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