Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Robert J. Sawyer up for Hugo

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Robert J. Sawyer's novel Rollback (Tor/H.B. Fenn and Company) has been nominated for a Hugo Award in the Best Novel category. The sole Canadian on the shortlist, Sawyer is up against Michael Chabon's The Yiddish ... Read More »

March 24, 2008

Deals: March 20, 2008

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Penguin Canada editorial director Andrea Magyar has acquired Canadian rights to a new non-fiction work by Will Ferguson, in a six-figure deal. Beyond Belfast: A 500-mile Journey Across Northern Ireland on Sore Feet is Ferguson’s ... Read More »

March 19, 2008

S&B lays off three

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Library wholesaler S&B Books has laid off three employees in recent weeks: one in customer service and two warehouse staffers. "We’re overstaffed based on the volume,” says S&B owner Arthur Gale. The contraction closely follows ... Read More »

March 19, 2008

BPIDP guidelines tweak draws concern

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In the wake of the controversy over Bill C-10, The Association of Canadian Publishers is taking issue with Canadian Heritage’s Book Publishing Industry Development Program, arguing that new wording in the application guidelines, introduced last ... Read More »

March 17, 2008