Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Abebooks COO departs

By

Boris Wertz, the chief operating officer of the Victoria, B.C.-based online bookseller Abebooks.com, has left the company to pursue a new venture capital business outside the book trade. His duties will be assumed by three ... Read More »

November 1, 2007

Deals: October 31, 2007

By

HarperCollins Canada senior non-fiction editor Jim Gifford has acquired a new non-fiction work from Michael C. Chettleburgh, author of Young Thugs: Inside the Dangerous World of Canadian Street Gangs. Gladiator School will describe life inside ... Read More »

October 31, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Scenes from the 2007 IFOA

By

The 28th annual edition of the International Festival of Authors at Harbourfront in Toronto ran from Oct. 17-27. Here are pictures from just some of the dozens of readings, onstage interviews, signings, and, of course, ... Read More »

October 31, 2007 | Filed under: Events

David Thewlis at the IFOA

By

Actor (and now author) David Thewlis came to this year's International Festival of Authors at Harbourfront in Toronto to chat about his first novel, The Late Hector Kipling (Viking Canada). Thewlis can make 'em laugh ... Read More »

October 30, 2007 | Filed under: Events