On the eve of this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize gala, Q&Q Omni got in touch with some past nominees (and one winner) whom we haven’t heard from in a while, to find out what they’ve ... Read More »
November 10, 2008
To commemorate last week’s historic American election, our bestsellers cover the top 20 presidential or head-of-state biographies and memoirs. Barack Obama comes out on top, with The Audacity of Hope in the #1 spot and ... Read More »
November 10, 2008
Christopher Paul Curtis was the big winner at the Canadian Children’s Literature Awards on Thursday night for his most recent novel, Elijah of Buxton (Scholastic Canada), which won both the main prize – the TD ... Read More »
November 7, 2008
Namaste Publishing, the Vancouver-based publisher of spiritual guru and Oprah fave Eckhart Tolle, is reaching out to a new, much younger audience with the launch this month of a picture book co-authored by Tolle. Gearedthe-power-of-now-for-tots/> ... Read More »
November 6, 2008
The International Festival of Authors doesn’t release attendance figures, but anecdotal evidence suggests that this year’s edition – which came to a close last weekend – was one of the busiest yet. “It was a ... Read More »
November 6, 2008
There isn’t a publisher in Canada that wouldn’t kill for a Scotiabank Giller Prize, but that doesn’t mean that having a title shortlisted is all sunshine and rainbows. In fact, for some smaller houses, a ... Read More »
November 6, 2008
Ontario’s First Nations Communities Read program will be returning in 2009, after being cancelled outright in 2007 and scaled back last year. According to Patty Lawlor, the First Nations consultant for Southern Ontario Library Service, ... Read More »
November 6, 2008
Greystone Books publisher Rob Sanders has acquired adventurer Jerry Kobalenko’s new book of travel writing and photography. Arctic Eden, which chronicles Kobalenko’s travels circumnavigating the Canadian High Arctic, will ship in 2010. Hilary McMahon of ... Read More »
November 5, 2008
Indigo is planning on getting into the e-book arena with a new digital venture, one that consumers can access without owning a Kindle or a Sony Reader. The new application, which is still in the ... Read More »
November 3, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
McGraw-Hill Ryerson appears to be weathering the current economic storm. According to third-quarter results released late last Friday, the educational publisher saw a slight increase in total revenues over the same period last year, balanced ... Read More »
November 3, 2008
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