Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Random House of Canada

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Teresa Napolitano has been promoted to manager, gift sales.Mike Fuhr has been promoted to senior manager, national accounts marketing.Jennifer Herman joins on a one-year contract (to cover for a maternity leave) as manager, national accounts ... Read More »

October 12, 2006

Boyden wins Amazon prize

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Joseph Boyden’s novel Three Day Road won another major prize Wednesday night, as Boyden took home the $7,500 Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award after a Toronto ceremony.Since Boyden’s novel was published by Penguin Canada ... Read More »

October 12, 2006

Out of Iraq

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Agent Denise Bukowski has sold Canadian rights to The Deserter’s Tale, former U.S. soldier Joshua Key’s story of his military service in Iraq, The Deserter’s Tale, to House of Anansi Press editor Lynn Henry. The ... Read More »

October 12, 2006

Spanning time

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McClelland & Stewart editor Chris Bucci has bought Canadian rights to a new science title by Universe on a T-Shirt author Dan Falk. A Tour Through Time is a “philosophical, scientific, and futuristic” exploration of ... Read More »

October 11, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

No more money

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Random House Canada vice-president and publisher Anne Collins has acquired Canadian rights to a new work of business journalism by Larry Gaudet and Courtney Pratt. A CEO’s Conscience recounts Pratt’s experiences and tribulations as former ... Read More »

October 11, 2006

Rescue mission

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Agent Sally Harding has sold world rights to a new novel by Vancouver author Gail Crease to Harlequin NEXT. Interlude is about a successful lawyer’s journey to a remote island in the Pacific Northwest to ... Read More »

October 11, 2006

International Buy-ins: Oct. 11, 2006

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Penguin Canada editor Nicole Winstanley has acquired The Opposite of Love by U.S. author Julie Buxbaum, as well as a second yet-to-be-named novel. The book, about an attractive attorney with commitment issues, was reportedly purchased ... Read More »

October 11, 2006