Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

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Just four months after joining Cormorant Books as head of sales and marketing, Bruce Walsh has left the firm. When Cormorant owner Marc Côté hired Walsh last September, both parties said that Walsh might become ... Read More »

January 12, 2009

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’Tis the season for New Year’s resolutions, so this week’s bestseller list covers the top 20 self-help titles for the two weeks ending Jan. 4, as tracked by BookNet Canada’s BNC SalesData. Chicken Soup series ... Read More »

January 12, 2009

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Rawi Hage’s debut novel, De Niro’s Game, was an existential, angry examination of the lives of two young men in war-torn Beirut. Instead of pulling back in his follow-up, he unleashed a novel that is ... Read More »

January 9, 2009

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Though Paul King had been out of the business for more than a decade, he was still regarded as one of the figureheads of Ottawa’s indie bookselling scene. King – who died in his home ... Read More »

January 8, 2009