Noah Richler’s new book, This Is My Country, What’s Yours? A Literary Atlas of Canada, is benefiting from a cross-marketing campaign involving the clothing retailer Roots as well as Indigo – and it’s a campaign ... Read More »

Sony’s eReader and Google’s ever-expanding digitization plans may be hot topics in the book business, but a panel discussion last Friday at the Frankfurt Book Fair suggested that many industry players are still divided on ... Read More »

The Frankfurt Book fair may take place in the autumn, but Canadian publishers and agents generally acknowledge that it is really a chance to plant seeds that will grow and be harvested in the months ... Read More »

Craig Davidson, author of the debut novel The Fighter, looked fatigued and bloody by the end of Thursday night’s publicity-stunt boxing match, but he smiled bravely when the final bell of the match tolled. His ... Read More »

Canadian agents were pleased to be at the Frankfurt Book Fair fielding interest in their clients’ titles. They were considerably less pleased with late news from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade that ... Read More »

“My exact word is ‘wow,’” said Sharon Budnarchuk, owner of Audreys Books in Edmonton, as she read the Giller shortlist that Q&Q had forwarded to her. It’s a reaction that was echoed by many other ... Read More »

The Giller Light event will once again be held on the evening of the Scotiabank Giller Prize gala – and this year Scotiabank has extended financial support to the spinoff event as well. Meanwhile, two ... Read More »

After more than seven years as sponsor of the Writers’ Trust Non-Fiction Prize, Pearson Canada has pulled out to pursue other philanthropic activities. According to Don Oravec, executive director of the Writers’ Trust of Canada, ... Read More »