Toronto’s Books for Business gets new owner

After 20 years at the helm of the world’s largest business bookstore, Toronto’s Books for Business, founder Jane Cooney is retiring. Her successor, announced Monday, is 37-year-old Sean Neville, co-founder and former head of online ... Read More »

November 29, 2010

Canada Reads publishers prepare for sales spike

By Q&Q Staff

Until recently, sales of Angie Abdou’s 2007 novel, The Bone Cage (NeWest Press), had slowed to a trickle. That all changed on Wednesday when it was chosen as one of five finalists in the 2010 ... Read More »

November 29, 2010 | Filed under: Events

Blue Met names new president

By Q&Q Staff

The Blue Metropolis Foundation, which organizes the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival, has named Ms. William St. Hilaire as succesor to current president Linda Leith, who is leaving the organization she founded at the ... Read More »

November 25, 2010

Random House shakes up sales and marketing departments

By Q&Q Staff

Big changes have come to the sales and marketing departments of Random House of Canada. The most notable change, announced internally last week, is the departure of director of marketing and advertising Linda Scott, who ... Read More »

November 25, 2010

Marilyn Biderman launches new literary agency

By Q&Q Staff

More than a year after being laid off, former McClelland & Stewart director of rights and contracts Marilyn Biderman is back, this time with her own literary agency: Marilyn Biderman Literary Management. “I took a ... Read More »

November 25, 2010

Books of the Year 2010

By Q&Q Staff

There's no formula for choosing the books of the year. Some break ground, some tackle familiar themes with new energy. Some represent the best work from established authors, some introduce us to important new voices. ... Read More »

November 25, 2010 | Filed under: Books of the Year

Books of the Year 2010: Covers of the Year

By Q&Q Staff

November 25, 2010 | Filed under: Books of the Year

Deals: Bill Gaston, Willow Dawson

By Q&Q Staff

Greystone Books publisher Rob Sanders has acquired world rights to Bill Gaston’s Nite Bite, a memoir about fatherhood, fishing, Buddhism, alcohol, and forgiveness. The deal was arranged by Carolyn Forde of Westwood Creative Artists with ... Read More »

November 24, 2010