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Globe books coverage moves to Arts section

With the Globe and Mail preparing to launch its big redesign on Friday, rumours have been circulating that the paper will also be reinstating the stand-alone Sunday books section. According to book review editor Jackglobe-books-coverage-moves-to-arts-section/> ... Read More »

September 30, 2010

Ontario publishers eligible for $1.1-million funding top-up

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Last week’s announcement of a new fund aimed at strengthening Ontario’s not-for-profit arts sector will also be a boon to many for-profit publishers. To complement the $27 million Arts Investment Fund, the Ontario Arts Council ... Read More »

September 29, 2010

Deals: Doubleday signs third Armstrong series; Greystone acquires Wiersema book about Springsteen; and more

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Greystone Books vice-president and publisher Rob Sanders has acquired Robert J. Wiersema@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; ... Read More »

September 29, 2010

Personnel change: Kristin Cochrane

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Doubleday Canada vice-president and publisher Kristin Cochrane has been ... Read More »

September 27, 2010

BookNet bestsellers: new Canadian hardcover fiction

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This week’s bestsellers list, which focuses exclusively on books released in 2010, looks at the top Canadian hardcover fiction for the two weeks ending Sept. 26. Emma Donoghue’s Room, overlooked for the Scotiabank Giller Prize ... Read More »

September 27, 2010

Lawrence Hill on life after 500,000 copies

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HarperCollins Canada celebrated a milestone last week: the sale of more than 500,000 copies of Lawrence Hill’s 2007 novel, The Book of Negroes. But Hill, who spoke with Q&Q after a HarperCollins-sponsored celebration last Friday, ... Read More »

September 27, 2010

Editors, authors go unpaid as Pronk & Associates “restructures”

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Pronk & Associates, a Toronto-based firm that develops textbook content for educational publishers such as McGraw-Hill Ryerson and Nelson Education, is facing potential bankruptcy and the ire of more than a dozen unpaid editors and ... Read More »

September 27, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Distribution change: Canadian Scholars’ Press Inc.

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Effective Oct. 1, Canadian Scholars’ Press Inc./Women’s Press will no longer be distributed by Georgetown Terminal Warehouses. Tilwood ... Read More »

September 27, 2010

Vancouver’s Sitka Books & Art shows promising early sales

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On Saturday, Sept. 18, Vancouver’s long-awaited new bookstore, Sitka Books & Art, quietly launched in advance of its official Oct. 2 grand opening. According to co-owner Ria Bleumer, a former employee of the recently shuttered ... Read More »

September 27, 2010

Stanley Colbert: 1927- 2010

By Q&Q Staff

Stanley Colbert, the often controversial former head of HarperCollins Canada, died Tuesday morning in Toronto General Hospital, aged 82. Before heading up HarperCollins, Colbert wore many hats. As a child during the Great Depression, he ... Read More »

September 23, 2010

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Globe books coverage moves to Arts section

Ontario publishers eligible for $1.1-million funding top-up

Deals: Doubleday signs third Armstrong series; Greystone acquires Wiersema book about Springsteen; and more

Personnel change: Kristin Cochrane

BookNet bestsellers: new Canadian hardcover fiction

Lawrence Hill on life after 500,000 copies

Editors, authors go unpaid as Pronk & Associates “restructures”

Distribution change: Canadian Scholars’ Press Inc.

Vancouver’s Sitka Books & Art shows promising early sales

Stanley Colbert: 1927- 2010

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