Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Dundurn buys XYZ’s English line

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Dundurn Press has acquired another smaller imprint. The Toronto-based publisher has bought XYZ Publishing, the English-language arm of the Quebec firm XYZ éditeur. The deal takes effect on Jan. 1; neither XYZ owner André Vanasse ... Read More »

November 22, 2007

Smith, O’Neill win in Quebec

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Neil Smith and Heather O’Neill were among the winners at the Quebec Writers’ Federation’s Literary Awards gala, which took place in Montreal on Nov. 21. Smith won the McAuslan First Book Prize for his short-story ... Read More »

November 22, 2007

Deals: November 21, 2007

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Samantha Haywood of the Transatlantic Literary Agency has sold English Canadian rights to Ray Robertson’s next novel to Thomas Allen Publishers for a planned 2010 release. David – set in the mid-19th-century in both the ... Read More »

November 21, 2007

Printers adjust to dollar’s rise

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Canadian booksellers and publishers aren’t the only ones suffering because of the rising Canadian dollar. Printers are hurting, too, though less dramatically so far. The biggest player in the Canadian book printing scene, Friesens, hasn’t ... Read More »

November 19, 2007