Exile Editions has acquired Canadian rights to D.O. Dodd’s third novel, JEW. A man wakes up naked in a mass grave, with no idea who he is. The deal was arranged without an agent. Exile ... Read More »
December 2, 2009
When CBC host Jian Ghomeshi unveiled the 2010 Canada Reads lineup this morning, people looking for new discoveries walked away disappointed, the list being heavy on household names or books that have already had their ... Read More »
December 1, 2009
The Toronto-based “dark fiction” publisher ChiZine Publications has grown a lot over the past year, from a direct-to-consumer outfit publishing a couple of books per year to a full-fledged operation selling a new title – ... Read More »
November 30, 2009
Though the future of arts funding in B.C. continues to look dire, there have been a few glimmers of hope of late. The first came earlier this month, when the Standing Committee on Finance and ... Read More »
November 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
Ever since Amazon announced the arrival of the Kindle in Canada, Q&Q Omni has been reporting on the efforts of Canadian publishers to make titles available in the Kindle Store. One area of the industry ... Read More »
November 26, 2009
After weathering an onslaught of criticism from several U.S. writers’ associations last week, Harlequin has officially changed the name of its new self-publishing imprint, Harlequin Horizons, to DellArte Press. All references to the Harlequin brand ... Read More »
When it came time last week to judge the winners of his Graveyard Book-themed Halloween party contest, U.K. author Neil Gaiman was so impressed by the efforts of Winnipeg’s McNally Robinson Booksellers and Decatur, Georgia’s ... Read More »
November 26, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
Lit scholars will be glad to know that Authors at Harbourfront Centre has finalized an agreement with Library and Archives Canada for the ongoing archiving of its historical holdings. According to Geoffrey Taylor, director of ... Read More »
November 26, 2009
Morning in the Burned House (trade paper reprint) Margaret Atwood (McClelland & Stewart, designed by Kelly Hill) I’m drawn to covers that surpass the expectations of a book’s genre – in this case, poetry. Kelly ... Read More »
November 26, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
Postcard and other stories Anik See (Freehand Books) Experimenting with both content and style, Anik See’s first collection of short stories is informed by the same restless intelligence that characterized Saudade, a prior collection of ... Read More »
November 26, 2009
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