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Todd Besant leaves Turnstone

The Winnipeg-based Turnstone Press, which for years has been a three-person operation, is now down to two full-time staffers after the departure last Friday of managing editor Todd Besant. According to associate publisher Jamis Paulson, ... Read More »

May 21, 2009

Deals: HarperCollins signs debut thriller

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HarperCollins Canada editorial director Jennifer Lambert has acquired English-language Canadian rights to a debut novel by the Montreal-based poet Holly Luhning. Quiver, which is being billed as a literary thriller, is about a Canadian forensic ... Read More »

May 20, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Waterloo Public Library’s achy-breaky literacy initiative

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The Waterloo Public Library has come up with a unique literacy initiative, one that attempts to connect a love of books to a love of top-40 country music. The project – dubbed Country Musicians Rock ... Read More »

May 19, 2009

New leadership for WOTS Halifax

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The Halifax literary scene experienced a mild shakeup with the announcement late last week of a new executive director for the city’s annual Word On The Street festival. Marie-France LeBlanc, who has a background in ... Read More »

May 19, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

BookNet bestsellers: Pets

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Learn more about your fuzzy friends (especially dogs, who dominate 17 of the top spots) with this week’s list of the top 20 pets titles for the two weeks ending May 10, 2009. 1 Be ... Read More »

May 19, 2009

2009 Forest of Reading winners

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The winners of the 2009 Forest of Reading Festival of Trees awards – voted on by schoolchildren – were announced at an event held at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre on May 14. The winners are: Blue ... Read More »

May 14, 2009

Toronto District School Board embroiled in book-ban controversy

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A dispute between the Toronto District School Board and a self-published author named Ruowen Wang has been generating a fair bit of coverage in the city’s Chinese-language media outlets this week. The controversy pertains to ... Read More »

May 14, 2009

Distribution change: Coteau Books

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Effective June 1, 2009, Coteau Books will be distributed by ... Read More »

May 14, 2009

Address change: Napoleon & Company

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Napoleon & Company is moving from its Willowdale Avenue offices on July 1, 2009. ... Read More »

May 14, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

The 2009 Manitoba Book Awards winners

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The 2009 Manitoba Book Awards winners were announced at a gala late last month at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Multiple award-winners included Winnipeg writer David Bergen, who took home the McNally Robinson Book of the ... Read More »

May 14, 2009

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Quill and Quire

Todd Besant leaves Turnstone

Deals: HarperCollins signs debut thriller

Waterloo Public Library’s achy-breaky literacy initiative

New leadership for WOTS Halifax

BookNet bestsellers: Pets

2009 Forest of Reading winners

Toronto District School Board embroiled in book-ban controversy

Distribution change: Coteau Books

Address change: Napoleon & Company

The 2009 Manitoba Book Awards winners

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