Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Bruce Walsh joins Cormorant

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Bruce Walsh, the former vice-president of marketing for the LongPen, will head up sales, marketing, and non-fiction acquisition at Cormorant Books, effective Sept. 2. Furthermore, if all goes according to plan, Walsh will eventually become ... Read More »

August 25, 2008

Closing time at I.V. Lounge

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After 10 years, two anthologies, and more than 700 readings, Toronto’s I.V. Lounge Reading Series is coming to an end. According to organizer Alex Boyd, the small bar that housed the event – the I.V. ... Read More »

August 25, 2008

More to come from Munro

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A collection of new Alice Munro stories is set to appear in September of 2009. Titled Too Much Happiness, the book will be published by McClelland & Stewart’s Douglas Gibson Books imprint. The news puts ... Read More »

August 21, 2008

Deals: Aug. 21, 2008

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Penguin Canada editorial director Diane Turbide and senior editor Helen Reeves have acquired Canadian English rights to a memoir by Monique Lépine, whose son, Marc, killed 14 female engineering students at Montreal's École Polytechnique on ... Read More »

August 20, 2008

Heritage planning BPIDP cuts

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There hasn’t been any official word as of yet, but Q&Q Omni has learned that the Department of Canadian Heritage is planning a cut of $1-million to the Book Publishing Industry Development Program for 2008-2009, ... Read More »

August 18, 2008