Hat trick for The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan

The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, published by the Canadian Plains Research Centre, was the big winner at this year's Saskatchewan Book Awards, earning three prizes. This year's awards were handed out on Nov. 25 at athe-encyclopedia-of-saskatchewan/> ... Read More »

November 28, 2005

Quebec chain locks out bookstore employees

By Q&Q Staff

As the holiday book-buying season moves into top gear, contract negotiations continue between the Quebec bookstore chain Renaud-Bray and 350 of its employees, who have been locked out since Wednesday.Representatives of the chain and of ... Read More »

November 24, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Groups laud new money for Canada Council

By Q&Q Staff

There are two possible explanations for Wednesday’s announcement by Canadian Heritage Minister Liza Frulla that will increase funding for the Canada Council for the Arts by $306.5-million over three years beginning with a $56.5-million infusion ... Read More »

November 24, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Bissoondath leads QWF Literary Prize winners

By Q&Q Staff

The Quebec Writers' Federation handed out its annual literary prizes Wednesday night in Montreal. Each of the awards carry a $2,000 prize.And the winners are:Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction: Neil Bissoondath for The Unyielding Clamour ... Read More »

November 24, 2005 | Filed under: Awards

Henry puts her stamp on Anansi

By Q&Q Staff

House of Anansi Press publisher Lynn Henry has just acquired two upcoming works by Sointula author Bill Gaston. The first is a collection of short stories entitled Gargoyles, which will include the best of his ... Read More »

November 23, 2005

In memoriam

By Q&Q Staff

Raincoast Books publisher Michelle Benjamin has taken on a memoir by a B.C. woman named Katy Hutchison. Walking After Midnight recounts how Hutchison’s husband, Bob McIntosh, was murdered several years ago by a drunken teenager ... Read More »

November 23, 2005

Move over, Donald Creighton

By Q&Q Staff

Random House Canada has just announced the acquisition of a “major” new biography of Sir John A. Macdonald, to be written by Toronto Star columnist Richard Gwyn. The Mythmaker: Sir John A. Macdonald, His Life ... Read More »

November 23, 2005

Foreign front: Nov. 23, 2005

By Q&Q Staff

Samantha Haywood of the Transatlantic Literary Agency has sold Russian rights to David Gilmour’s recent Governor General’s Award-winner A Perfect Night to Go to China to Centrepolygraph on behalf of Thomas Allen Publishers. Sandra Homer, ... Read More »

November 23, 2005

Canadians make up 9.09% of Impac Dublin longlist

By Q&Q Staff

Of the 132 titles on the longlist for the 2006 International Impac Dublin Literary Award, 12 of them are written by Canadian authors. Longlisted titles are submitted by public libraries around the world. Of the ... Read More »

November 23, 2005