Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

One war, two books

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Historian Tim Cook has just signed a six-figure deal with Penguin Canada editorial director Diane Turbide for two untitled non-fiction works about Canadians in battle during the First World War. Penguin promises that the two-volume ... Read More »

November 22, 2006

Foreign Front: Nov. 22, 2006

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Krista Willis, rights manager at McClelland & Stewart, has sold Spanish rights to Gerry Bowler’s Santa Claus: A Biography to Editorial Planeta Mexicana, and Portuguese rights to Editora Planeta Brasil. She has also sold Australian ... Read More »

November 22, 2006

Behrens, King take major GGs

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The announcement of the Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction was both exciting and difficult for the House of Anansi Press contingent in the crowd. “It was hard because we had three books in contention ... Read More »

November 21, 2006

Final prep for ISBN-13

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With the Jan. 1 deadline fast approaching, publishers and booksellers are now in the final stages of preparing for the switchover to the 13-digit ISBN. Though most of them say they will be ready in ... Read More »

November 20, 2006