As of Jan. 1, 2010, McArthur & Company will be handling Canadian sales, marketing, and ... Read More »
November 16, 2009
Through a strange turn of events, a classic work of Maritime fiction is being re-issued this week with a new ending. The novel in question is Alden Nowlan’s The Wanton Troopers, about a young boy ... Read More »
November 16, 2009
These top 20 titles will appeal to those who have a passion for fashion or a devotion to design. For the two weeks ending Nov. 8, 2009: Glimmer, Warren Berger (Random House Canada, $35 cl, ... Read More »
November 16, 2009
In an effort to increase its e-book offerings, the online retailer Shortcovers has finalized separate agreements with the Association of Canadian Publishers and Smashwords, the U.S.-based publisher and distributor of independent e-books, that will bring ... Read More »
November 16, 2009
The inaugural TD National Reading Summit kicked off on Thursday at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Approximately 150 attendees, comprised mostly of librarians, teachers, and a handful of publishers and academics, gathered to discuss ... Read More »
November 12, 2009
In all the hubbub over Linden MacIntyre’s Scotiabank Giller Prize win for The Bishop’s Man last Tuesday (see Q&Q's coverage here), it went mostly unnoted that there was another winner in the room that night: ... Read More »
November 12, 2009
Russell Wangersky has been named the winner of this year’s Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-fiction for his memoir Burning Down the House: Fighting Fires and Losing Myself (Thomas Allen Publishers). The award, given to ... Read More »
November 12, 2009
Simon & Schuster Canada is leaving its offices in Markham, Ontario, and moving to King Street East in downtown Toronto. The move is scheduled for this Friday (Nov. 13), and business will resume on Monday. ... Read More »
November 12, 2009
Douglas & McIntyre acquiring editor Chris Labonté has purchased world rights to Fraser Nixon’s debut novel. Tentatively titled The Man Who Killed, the book is a literary thriller that takes place in Montreal during the ... Read More »
November 12, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
Biblioasis has just announced the five finalists for its 2009 Metcalf-Rooke Award for unpublished fiction. The finalists were selected from over 50 manuscripts, and Biblioasis publisher Dan Wells described them as "the strongest in the ... Read More »
November 11, 2009
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