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Harrison and Ondaatje hit Hamilton

Booksellers Richard Bachmann and Bryan Prince hosted an event in Hamilton on June 25 featuring CanLit star Michael Ondaatje and American author Jim Harrison. Each of them read from their latest books (Divisadero and Return ... Read More »

June 27, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Foreign Front: June 27, 2007

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House of Anansi president Sarah MacLachlan has sold U.S. rights to Gil Adamson’s The Outlander to Ecco Press.Penguin Canada rights and contracts manager Lisa Rundle has sold French Canadian rights to Michael Calce and Craig ... Read More »

June 27, 2007

Canadian Jewish Book Awards

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This year's Canadian Jewish Book Awards were presented at a ceremony in Toronto on June 21. The winners are:The Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Award in Holocaust History/ScholarshipVilla Air-Bel by Rosemary Sullivan (HarperCollins Canada)The Frances ... Read More »

June 26, 2007

BookNet tracks which TV and radio shows sell the most books

By Q&Q Staff

According to a study recently released by BookNet Canada, some Canadian television and radio programs have almost as much of an impact on domestic book sales as the juggernaut that is Oprah Winfrey’s talk show. ... Read More »

June 25, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Debut novelist lands six-figure U.K. deal

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Toronto resident Sean Dixon is known mostly as an actor and playwright, but his burgeoning literary career may prove to be more than just a sideline. His debut novel, The Girls Who Saw Everything – ... Read More »

June 25, 2007

Brindle & Glass goes west

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Edmonton small press Brindle & Glass is moving to Victoria, B.C. As previously reported in Q&Q Omni, publisher Ruth Linka is joining the TouchWood Editions imprint owned by the Heritage Group of B.C. publishers. B&G ... Read More »

June 25, 2007

B.C. non-fiction award gets bigger

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After bumping up its cash prize from $25,000 to $40,000, the four-year old British Columbia Award for Canadian Non-Fiction is now the richest literary non-fiction award in the country.“The Board of the British Columbia Achievement ... Read More »

June 25, 2007 | Filed under: Book links

Six more superstores, says Reisman at Indigo AGM

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If any independent booksellers had been present at Indigo’s annual general meeting on Thursday in Toronto, they might have shivered during CEO Heather Reisman’s stockholder address. After informing the room that Indigo’s profits had risen ... Read More »

June 21, 2007

BookNet bestsellers: true-crime frontlist

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This week’s list covers the top true-crime frontlist titles, which includes editions published since last September, for the two weeks ending June 17, as tracked by BookNet Canada’s BNC SalesData service.1. Angels of Death, William ... Read More »

June 21, 2007

Edmonton launches writer-in-exile program

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A Kurdish-born writer has received a sponsorship from Edmonton’s newly launched writer-in-exile program – one of the first such opportunities to be provided by a Canadian city. Jalal Barzanji, a poet, editor, essayist, and journalist, ... Read More »

June 21, 2007

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Quill and Quire

Harrison and Ondaatje hit Hamilton

Foreign Front: June 27, 2007

Canadian Jewish Book Awards

BookNet tracks which TV and radio shows sell the most books

Debut novelist lands six-figure U.K. deal

Brindle & Glass goes west

B.C. non-fiction award gets bigger

Six more superstores, says Reisman at Indigo AGM

BookNet bestsellers: true-crime frontlist

Edmonton launches writer-in-exile program

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