B.C. Award for Canadian Non-fiction longlist

The British Columbia Award for Canadian Non-fiction has just released its first-ever longlist for the $40,000 prize. The 10 nominees are: • Some Family: The Mormons and How Humanity Keeps Track of Itself by Donald ... Read More »

October 29, 2007

School sales drive up McGraw-Hill Ryerson’s revenue

By Q&Q Staff

McGraw-Hill Ryerson is reporting that increased sales in its school division and a one-time "curtailment gain" resulting from a change to its retirement benefits plan worth $3.5-million (before tax) have helped drive its third-quarter revenues ... Read More »

October 29, 2007

BookNet bestsellers: horror

By Q&Q Staff

In honour of Halloween, this week’s list covers the top horror titles for the two weeks ending Oct. 21, as tracked by BookNet Canada’s BNC SalesData service. 1. The Mist, Stephen King (HarperCollins, $9.99 ... Read More »

October 29, 2007

Knopf Canada

By Q&Q Staff

Michael Schellenberg has been promoted ... Read More »

October 29, 2007 | Filed under: Book links

Krystyna Ross new publisher at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

By Q&Q Staff

Krystyna Ross, a former executive at McClelland & Stewart and Oxford University Press Canada, is now the publisher and manager of publication services at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, which functions as a ... Read More »

October 29, 2007

Picnicking indoors with Open Book

By Q&Q Staff

Open Book: Toronto, along with Mabel's Fables, hosted Mini Lit: An Indoor Family Picnic at Toronto's Drake Hotel on Oct. 13. The event was packed with both authors and kiddies. (Photos courtesy of Lisa Myers/Open ... Read More »

October 29, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Open Book's pajama party

By Q&Q Staff

On Oct. 9, Open Book: Toronto and SheDoesTheCity.com hosted "Under the Covers: Bedtime Stories for Adults" at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel. (Photos courtesy of Lisa Myers/Open Book:Toronto) We see England, we see France: Jenn Perras of ... Read More »

October 29, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Howard Engel doesn't read, but he does get interviewed

By Q&Q Staff

Given the fact that his memoir is entitled The Man Who Forgot How to Read, author Howard Engel's appearance at the Burlington Public Library's Engaging Ideas series was not a reading, but an onstage interview ... Read More »

October 29, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Brian Joseph Davis launches I, Tania

By Q&Q Staff

Brian Joseph Davis launched his new book, I, Tania (ECW Press), a parodic goof on the Patty Hearst story, at Supermarket in Toronto's Kensington Market on Oct. 10. (Photos courtesy of ECW Press) Poet a. ... Read More »

October 29, 2007 | Filed under: Events