Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Deals: November 28, 2007

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Reel deal:Documentary filmmaker Tina Hahn of Toronto’s Symmetree Media has optioned Mary Soderstrom’s Green City: People, Nature & Urban Places. The sale was arranged by the book’s publisher, Simon Dardick of Véhicule Press.Foreign front:Key Porter ... Read More »

November 28, 2007

No Kindle for Canada

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The arrival of yet another e-book reader in the U.S. this month has left Canada out in the cold. Amazon’s Kindle reportedly sold out within five hours of its launch on Nov. 19, but the ... Read More »

November 28, 2007

Random House of Canada

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Adrienne Phillips, formerly managing editor of Knopf Canada, is now an editor at Doubleday Canada, in a one-year contract position. She has been with Random House of Canada for six years, first in the publicity ... Read More »

November 28, 2007

Ondaatje wins GG (again)

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Three weeks after losing the Scotiabank Giller Prize to fellow McClelland & Stewart author Elizabeth Hay, Michael Ondaatje has won the Governor General's Literary Award. Ondaatje's Divisadero was named the fiction winner this morning.  Karolyn ... Read More »

November 27, 2007