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MWR acquires Newman’s autobiography

After decades of chronicling corporate history, Canadian literary titan Peter C. Newman has turned to telling his own story. For a six-figure advance, Macfarlane Walter & Ross has signed Newman to write his autobiography. The ... Read More »

November 13, 2003

The Bear’s Embrace sells for six figures in U.S.

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Patricia Van Tighem may have wished for less traumatic material for her first book, but The Bear’s Embrace, her account of a grizzly bear attack that left her physically and psychologically scarred, has scored a ... Read More »

November 13, 2003 | Filed under: Book news

Saskatchewan Book Awards names provincial poet laureate

By Q&Q Staff

Four books were double winners at Friday’s eighth annual Saskatchewan Book Awards gala in Regina. And award administrators also named poet and publisher Glen Sorestad as Saskatchewan’s inaugural poet laureate – the first such provincial ... Read More »

November 13, 2003

For the week of Nov. 19, 2000

By Q&Q Staff

Hardcover fiction1. The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood, $37.99 (McClelland & Stewart)2. Winter’s Heart, Robert Jordan, $39.95 (Tor/H.B. Fenn)3. Vinyl Cafe Unplugged, Stuart McLean, $32.99 (Viking Canada)4. Uther, Jack Whyte, $33.99 (Viking Canada)5. Anil’s Ghost, Michael ... Read More »

November 13, 2003

For the week of Sept. 14, 2003

By Q&Q Staff

Hardcover fiction1. Deafening, Frances Itani (HarperFlamingo Canada, $34.95, 0-00-200539-5)2. The Murder Room, P.D. James (Knopf Canada, $37.95, 0-676-97615-8)3. Garbo Laughs, Elizabeth Hay (McClelland & Stewart, $34.99, 0-7710-3792-9)4. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark ... Read More »

November 12, 2003

Writers’ Trust goes to quiz format for annual dinner

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The Writers’ Trust continues to tinker with the formula for its annual fundraising dinner. At this year’s event, patrons will match literary wits in a table-to-table competition. The Quiz, the most recent installment in the ... Read More »

November 12, 2003

Pembroke Publishers hosts literacy workshop

By Q&Q Staff

An Ontario educational publisher is promoting reading – and a number of its own titles – with a literacy workshop in Toronto next Monday. “New Trends in Literacy,” a full-day workshop at the Granite Brewery ... Read More »

November 12, 2003

Strong Canadian dollar hurts Harlequin revenues

By Q&Q Staff

For the second quarter in a row, a strong Canadian dollar has dampened revenues at Harlequin Enterprises. In third-quarter results released this week by Harlequin’s parent company, Torstar, the romance publisher reported a revenue drop ... Read More »

November 12, 2003

Victoria to host fundraising Shields tribute

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A Carol Shields tribute in Victoria this weekend, featuring more than 20 friends and colleagues of the late author, will raise money for the Victoria Hospice Society. “Onward: In the Words of Carol Shields,” which ... Read More »

November 12, 2003 | Filed under: Book news

Award file

By Q&Q Staff

Montreal writer Edeet Ravel, already nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction this year, has appeared on another shortlist. Ravel’s novel Ten Thousand Lovers is up for the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction, ... Read More »

November 12, 2003

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Quill and Quire

MWR acquires Newman’s autobiography

The Bear’s Embrace sells for six figures in U.S.

Saskatchewan Book Awards names provincial poet laureate

For the week of Nov. 19, 2000

For the week of Sept. 14, 2003

Writers’ Trust goes to quiz format for annual dinner

Pembroke Publishers hosts literacy workshop

Strong Canadian dollar hurts Harlequin revenues

Victoria to host fundraising Shields tribute

Award file

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