Toronto bookstore Pages Books and Magazines has a new co-ordinator for This Is Not A Reading Series, its popular book event series. Chris Reed, a bookseller who has been working at Pages for the last ... Read More »
June 7, 2007
Dean Cooke has taken on two new co-owners for his Toronto literary agency: his longtime employee Suzanne Brandreth and Vancouver agent Sally Harding.Cooke, Brandreth, and Harding now share equal ownership of The Cooke Agency between ... Read More »
June 7, 2007
This year's Libris Awards will be presented on the trade show floor on Sunday, and we at Q&Q couldn't pass up another chance to try out our prognostication skills. We're well aware, though, that our ... Read More »
June 7, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Herewith some handy advice for first-timers at the BookExpo Canada convention, and perhaps a refresher for show veterans. Plan your getaway: the St. Andrew subway station (King and University) is slightly closer to the convention ... Read More »
June 7, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
At BookExpo Canada, some of the fall's biggest titles step out to shine. Wondering how to burn them into the brains of your customers? Don’t worry: here’s Q&Q’s E-Z Pitch TM Guide to some of ... Read More »
June 7, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Don McKay professed surprise after winning the Griffin Poetry Prize Wednesday night, but he was in the minority. McKay’s winning book, Strike/Slip (McClelland & Stewart), was a popular pick, favoured by many going into the ... Read More »
June 6, 2007
Simon & Schuster Canada hosted a party at the McNally Robinson bookstore in Manhattan. S&S director of marketing Felicia Quon glams up the room. Bookstore owner Sarah McNally chats with Nick Pashley and his wife ... Read More »
June 6, 2007 | Filed under: Events
Canadian sightings at the BEA trade show at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York. Thomas Allen publisher Patrick Crean and Transatlantic Literary Agency agent Samantha Haywood turned out to see the signing of ... Read More »
June 6, 2007 | Filed under: Events
HarperCollins Canada publisher Iris Tupholme has acquired Canadian English rights to a new novel by Vancouver Province books editor Peter Darbyshire. The Warhol Gang tells the tale of Trotsky, a man who becomes enamoured with ... Read More »
June 6, 2007
House of Anansi publisher Lynn Henry has acquired Canadian rights to a new novel by Shani Mootoo, author of He Drown She in the Sea. Tentatively titled Viveka’s Story, the book is about a young ... Read More »
June 6, 2007
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