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Book links round-up: credit crunch blues, and more

Publishers put the squeeze on indie booksellers as credit crunch escalates An insider's guide to rare book fairs -- now in plain English! Mr. Tickle and Little Miss Sunshine get the Google treatment in honour ... Read More »

May 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Publishing at the polls: Foreign-ownership regulations

By Natalie Samson

As Canadians head to the polls on May 2, Q&Q looks at key federal policies affecting the publishing industry. Stay tuned for upcoming features on federal funding and mass digitization. When it comes to foreign ... Read More »

April 21, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Way to Display: Type Books turns five

By Natalie Samson

In celebration of its fifth anniversary, Type Books in Toronto (883 Queen St. W.) has put together a birthday-themed storefront. The window treatment is just part of the celebration, which culminates in a full-day, in-store ... Read More »

April 21, 2011 | Filed under: Bookselling, Events

Henk Harren, bookseller, 1944 “ 2011

By Natalie Samson

Henk Harren, owner of Windsor's The Book Mark, has died of a heart attack. He was 67. Harren, a native of Holland, came to Canada at 18 to escape the military draft. He opened his ... Read More »

April 14, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: Vatican recalls books, Halifax Central Library’s historical new home, and more

By Natalie Samson

No divine intervention here: The Vatican has pulled several versions of its new book on catechism for mistranslations of its rules, including the one about family planning Archaeologists set to dig in at the future ... Read More »

April 14, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book biz round-up: everybody loves a comeback

By Natalie Samson

The Cat in the Hat Comes Back ... again. Coming this fall, lost Dr. Seuss stories and Maurice Sendak's return to writing/illustrating Speaking of comebacks: Germany's audiobook renaissance What can e-book publishing learn from NPR? ... Read More »

April 7, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Bibliomania and the not-so-light side of book hoarding

By Natalie Samson

Last week, the National Post's Mark Medley wrote a piece about his ever-expanding book collection and the difficulty he has lightening his load by even a single volume. "I am a book hoarder," he says. ... Read More »

March 31, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

CBC Literary Awards winners announced

By Natalie Samson

Shelagh Rogers announced the winners of this year's CBC Literary Awards this morning on CBC Radio's Q. The awards, started by editor, publisher, and CBC producer Robert Weaver in 1979, recognize original unpublished work by ... Read More »

March 24, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Toronto Women’s Bookstore anthology seeks contributors

By Natalie Samson

Hot on the heels of its change in ownership, the Toronto Women's Bookstore is celebrating its 40th anniversary in independent bookselling and feminist activism with an upcoming anthology edited by Tara-Michelle Ziniuk and published by ... Read More »

March 24, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Douglas Lochhead, 1922-2011

By Natalie Samson

Douglas Lochhead, the poet laureate of Sackville, New Brunswick, died Tuesday in a Westmorland-area nursing home. He was 88. Lochhead was named the first-ever lifetime poet laureate for the town in 2002. From Lochhead's obituary ... Read More »

March 17, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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Book links round-up: credit crunch blues, and more

Publishing at the polls: Foreign-ownership regulations

Way to Display: Type Books turns five

Henk Harren, bookseller, 1944 “ 2011

Book links round-up: Vatican recalls books, Halifax Central Library’s historical new home, and more

Book biz round-up: everybody loves a comeback

Bibliomania and the not-so-light side of book hoarding

CBC Literary Awards winners announced

Toronto Women’s Bookstore anthology seeks contributors

Douglas Lochhead, 1922-2011

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