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by Q&Q Staff

Librarians honour children’s books

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The Canadian Association of Children's Librarians has come out with the shortlists for its 2006 Book Awards. The winners will be announced in the middle of May.The nominees are:The Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for Illustration ... Read More »

April 19, 2006

Wrestling with shadows

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Random House Canada vice-president and publisher Anne Collins has purchased rights to a new memoir by former World Wrestling Federation champion Bret “The Hitman” Hart. The yet-to-be-titled tome will look back on Hart’s childhood in ... Read More »

April 19, 2006

My oily Valentine

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House of Anansi Press publisher Lynn Henry has acquired English North American rights to the second novel by Lisa Moore. As yet untitled, the novel will be about the sinking of the Ocean Ranger drilling ... Read More »

April 19, 2006

Deadly extremes

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Penguin Canada editorial director Diane Turbide has acquired Canadian rights to a new work of non-fiction by journalist and former Explore magazine editor David Leach. The Fatal Tide: When the Race of a Lifetime Goes ... Read More »

April 19, 2006

Reel deals: April 19, 2006

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Agent Deborah Wood of Westwood Creative Artists has optioned film and television rights to Darren Greer’s Still Life with June to the Toronto-based Amaze Film & Television.Coach House Books editor Alana Wilcox has optioned film ... Read More »

April 19, 2006

Foreign front: April 19, 2006

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Raincoast Books rights and contracts manager Leslie Hurtig has sold Polish rights to Rex Wyler’s Greenpeace: How a Group of Ecologists, Journalists, and Visionaries Changed the World to Wydawnictwo Buk Rower.Key Porter Books publisher Jordan ... Read More »

April 19, 2006 | Filed under: Book news