Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

BC Book Prizes announced

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Vancouver writer Mary Novik's debut novel, Conceit, has won the fiction prize at the 24th annual BC Book Prizes. Long-listed for the Giller Award, Conceit centres on the life Pegge Donne, daughter of the English ... Read More »

April 28, 2008

Manitoba Book Awards announced

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The 20th annual Manitoba Book Awards were presented at the Winnipeg Art Gallery on April 26. Poet and University of Manitoba professor Alison Calder took home two awards for her debut poetry collection, Wolf Tree, ... Read More »

April 28, 2008

Eric Jensen joins M&S in new role

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Industry veteran Eric Jensen will be joining McClelland & Stewart as vice-president and director of publishing operations, a newly created position that reports to president and publisher Doug Pepper. In his new role, which begins ... Read More »

April 24, 2008

Deals: April 24, 2008

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HarperCollins Canada has signed a deal with actor-director Paul Gross to publish a novelization of his upcoming film, Passchendaele, which is being touted as the most expensive Canadian film ever made. “We are thrilled to ... Read More »

April 23, 2008

Langenscheidt picks up H.F. Ullman

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The American firm Langenscheidt now has Canadian rights to H.F. Ullman, a German line that includes art, photography, nature, cooking, and lifestyle titles. Langenscheidt has represented Ullman in the U.S. since January; in Canada both ... Read More »

April 23, 2008