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Event Photos: Paul Quarrington talks and sings

April Q&Q cover boy and recent Canada Reads champ Paul Quarrington launched his new novel, The Ravine (Random House Canada), at an event hosted by Pages Books & Magazines and This Is Not A Reading ... Read More »

March 25, 2008 | Filed under: Events

Event Photos: Kathy Kacer at the Simon Wiesenthal Centre

By Nathan Whitlock

Children's author Kathy Kacer recently spoke at the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Toronto about her Silver Birch Award-winning book Hiding Edith and the just-released The Diary of Laura's Twin, both published by Second Story Press ... Read More »

March 24, 2008 | Filed under: Events

Borders troubles

By Nathan Whitlock

Borders, the second-largest bookselling chain in the U.S., may be forced to sell itself off after hitting a financial crunch. Here are some takes on the chain's troubles: Borders bookstore may be up for sale ... Read More »

March 24, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Bookmarks: Rowling’s suicidal thoughts, Clarke’s funeral, and the most annoying people in bookstores

By Nathan Whitlock

We keep meaning to make these cheerier, but they always come out grim.... Some book-related links: J.K. Rowling contemplated suicide after divorce (BBC) Minute of silence in Sri Lanka as Arthur C. Clarke laid to ... Read More »

March 24, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Drawn & Quarterly store gets visited by language cops

By Nathan Whitlock

From Montreal's The Gazette: There are few commercial signs or posters in a recently opened Mile End bookstore, but one in particular appears to have upset a local resident. That person formally complained to the ... Read More »

March 20, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks (hell in a handbasket edition): Belgian writer euthanized, publishers liquidated, bookstore in trouble, author flees death threats

By Nathan Whitlock

Some cheerful book-related links: Belgian author Hugo Claus, suffering from Alzheimer's, is remaindered euthanized at age 78 (Associated Press) Two UK publishers liquidated over anti-bullying books scam (press release) Black-owned Brooklyn bookstore facing financial crisis ... Read More »

March 20, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Is that me in your book?

By Nathan Whitlock

Most people understand there is an occupational hazard implicit in knowing/meeting/befriending/being related to/marrying a fiction writer. There is always the risk of ending up a character in that writer's work, and nine times out of ... Read More »

March 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: bookstore burns, novelist strike fizzles, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Barnes & Noble catches fire, headline writer gets chance to make literary reference (Wood TV) Novelist strike fizzles (The Onion) Forget fake memoirs “ are books ever true? (The New Yorker) Five ... Read More »

March 17, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Harry Potter twofer

By Nathan Whitlock

From The Los Angeles Times: Warner Bros. Pictures and the producers behind the $4.5-billion film franchise featuring the beloved boy wizard will split the seventh and final novel in the J.K. Rowling series into two ... Read More »

March 13, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

The First Annual Hooker Prize

By Nathan Whitlock

Who says booksellers are the last guardians of good taste in an ever-more tawdry world? From AbeBooks: Welcome to the Hooker Prize “ in honor of Elliot Spitzer and his fall from grace in a ... Read More »

March 13, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

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Quill and Quire

Event Photos: Paul Quarrington talks and sings

Event Photos: Kathy Kacer at the Simon Wiesenthal Centre

Borders troubles

Bookmarks: Rowling’s suicidal thoughts, Clarke’s funeral, and the most annoying people in bookstores

Drawn & Quarterly store gets visited by language cops

Bookmarks (hell in a handbasket edition): Belgian writer euthanized, publishers liquidated, bookstore in trouble, author flees death threats

Is that me in your book?

Bookmarks: bookstore burns, novelist strike fizzles, and more

Harry Potter twofer

The First Annual Hooker Prize

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