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Prichard aims to ensure a “very strong” Canadian publishing list at Penguin

Following this week’s announcement that former Torstar president Rob Prichard has been appointed chair of Penguin Canada’s newly launched board of directors, Prichard has elaborated on the role of the board, which was announced last ... Read More »

September 23, 2010

Inaugural Lane Anderson Award fills popular science niche

By Q&Q Staff

Canada’s new science book prize, the Lane Anderson Award, had a successful launch in Toronto on Tuesday, with Ernest Small’s Top 100 Food Plants (NRC Press) and Helaine Becker and illustrator Claudia Davita’s The Insecto-Files ... Read More »

September 23, 2010

Deals: New non-fiction from Ray Robertson and Charlotte Gill; and more

By Q&Q Staff

Biblioasis publisher Dan Wells has acquired North American rights to Ray Robertson@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 22, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian mystery

By Q&Q Staff

This week’s bestsellers list looks at the top 15 Canadian mystery titles for the two weeks ending Sept. 12. Robert Rotenberg’s Old City Hall continues to sit pretty in the top spot, while the paperback ... Read More »

September 20, 2010

Giller jury smiles on small presses

By Q&Q Staff

A lot of love was shown to Canadian-owned houses in this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist, unveiled Monday morning. Not only did the venerable McClelland & Stewart (which is one-quarter owned by Random House of ... Read More »

September 20, 2010

Introducing Giller long-listed author Avner Mandelman

By Q&Q Staff

When the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist was announced Monday morning, more than a few industry observers were thrown by the citation of Avner Mandelman’s The Debba, an off-the-radar debut novel published by the New York–based ... Read More »

September 20, 2010

Lawsuits piling up for Pierre Turgeon’s Transit Publishing

By Q&Q Staff

Transit Publishing, the Quebec firm owned by notorious entrepreneur Pierre Turgeon, is once again in hot water. Q&Q has received multiple tips from unpaid authors and former employees regarding outstanding payments totalling thousands of dollars. ... Read More »

September 16, 2010

Canadian Culinary Book Awards shortlists announced

By Q&Q Staff

The shortlists for the 2010 Canadian Culinary Book Awards have been announced. The nominees are: English Special Interest Category (books about food and beverages that aren't cookbooks): Tony Aspler, Tony Aspler's Cellar Book: How to ... Read More »

September 16, 2010

Canadian booksellers prepare for Oprah announcement

By Q&Q Staff

With Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom all but confirmed as the final Oprah Book Club selection (the official announcement will take place Friday during Oprah’s show), Canadian booksellers are preparing for the anticipated onslaught of customers. According ... Read More »

September 16, 2010

Deals: Doubleday acquires Emily Schultz novel; plus, two-book deal for Dave Bidini with Key Porter, and more

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Doubleday Canada publishing director Lynn Henry has acquired Canadian English-language rights to a new novel by Emily Schultz. The Blondes is a genre-bending, dystopian literary novel set in a virus-plagued New York. The book is ... Read More »

September 16, 2010

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Prichard aims to ensure a “very strong” Canadian publishing list at Penguin

Inaugural Lane Anderson Award fills popular science niche

Deals: New non-fiction from Ray Robertson and Charlotte Gill; and more

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian mystery

Giller jury smiles on small presses

Introducing Giller long-listed author Avner Mandelman

Lawsuits piling up for Pierre Turgeon’s Transit Publishing

Canadian Culinary Book Awards shortlists announced

Canadian booksellers prepare for Oprah announcement

Deals: Doubleday acquires Emily Schultz novel; plus, two-book deal for Dave Bidini with Key Porter, and more

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