Deals: DC Books acquires Of Water and Rock by Thomas Armstrong

Montreal’s DC Books has acquired the novel Of Water and Rock by Toronto author Thomas Armstrong. The book won the 2008 Frank Collymore Literary Endowment award in manuscript form. It is about a middle-aged Canadian ... Read More »

October 29, 2009

Earnings down again at Indigo

By Q&Q Staff

According to new financial results released by Indigo Books & Music yesterday, earnings were down for the second quarter in a row. After a first quarter in which earnings dropped by $2.3 million, the new ... Read More »

October 26, 2009

ECW says sales of Thatcher title going well

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According to ECW Press publisher Jack David, sales of Final Appeal: Anatomy of a Frame – the new memoir by convicted murderer Colin Thatcher – are going strong, and are likely being helped along by ... Read More »

October 26, 2009

McArthur unveils details of new Birlinn partnership

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When it was announced earlier this year that McArthur & Company would be losing its lucrative Hachette lines come Jan. 1, 2010, company president Kim McArthur was already on the prowl for new lines to ... Read More »

October 26, 2009

Clarke wins Toronto Book Award

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Austin Clarke has won the 2009 Toronto Book Award for his novel More (Thomas ... Read More »

October 23, 2009

Staff changes: D&M Publishers

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D&M Publishers has made several staff changes to its editorial and production department. Former associate editor Iva Cheung has returned to D&M on a part-time basis after a year-long maternity leave; her new title is ... Read More »

October 22, 2009

Personnel change: Whitecap Books

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The Vancouver-based Whitecap Books has added a third member to its two-person editorial team: Viola Funk, who will report directly to publisher and acquiring editor Robert McCullough. Prior to arriving at Whitecap, Funk worked ... Read More »

October 22, 2009

Steinmetz, Pither win City of Ottawa Book Awards

By Q&Q Staff

The winners of the 2009 City of Ottawa Book Awards were announced earlier this week. The English fiction winner is Andrew Steinmetz’s Eva’s Threepenny Theatre (Gaspereau Press), a blend of fiction and memoir recalling Steinmetz’s ... Read More »

October 22, 2009

HarperCollins offers bucks for ducks

By Q&Q Staff

One of HarperCollins Canada’s fall non-fiction titles comes with a bizarre offer: a cash reward for a stuffed Labrador Duck. Biologist Glen Chilton’s book, The Curse of the Labrador Duck: My Obsessive Quest to the ... Read More »

October 22, 2009