I am Mexican

Douglas & McIntyre president Scott McIntyre has just purchased North American rights to a new business title by former National Post writer Andrea Mandel-Campbell. Why Mexicans Don’t Drink Molson is an examination of Canada’s “complacent ... Read More »

June 15, 2005

Foreign front: June 15, 2005

By Q&Q Staff

Agent Anne McDermid has sold U.S. rights to Andrew Pyper’s The Wildfire Season to Thomas Dunne Books.Agent Carolyn Swayze has sold foreign rights to two Miriam Toews titles: she has placed A Complicated Kindness with ... Read More »

June 15, 2005

Reel deal: June 15, 2005

By Q&Q Staff

Deborah Wood of Westwood Creative Artists has optioned Dionne Brand’s What We All Long For to Toronto-based Sienna Films.Sarah Cooper of The Saint Agency has sold the options on a number of books recently: Paul ... Read More »

June 15, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Black book named top Canadian business title

By Q&Q Staff

Wrong Way: The Fall of Conrad Black, written by Globe and Mail reporters Jacquie McNish and Sinclair Stewart and published by Penguin Books Canada, has won the National Business Book Award. The announcement was made ... Read More »

June 15, 2005

Veteran D&M v-p leaves for McGill-Queen’s post

By Q&Q Staff

After 24 years at Douglas & McIntyre, vice-president of sales and marketing Susan McIntosh is leaving the firm to become marketing manager for McGill-Queen’s University Press.McIntosh says personal reasons were behind her decision to leave ... Read More »

June 13, 2005

Two longtime sales reps leave HarperCollins

By Q&Q Staff

After many years spent working at HarperCollins Canada, sales reps David McGill and Tony Finn have announced their retirements. Both men will step down at the end of June. McGill has worked as HarperCollins’ Alberta ... Read More »

June 13, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Raincoast lays off two editors, cuts publishing program

By Q&Q Staff

Raincoast Books is significantly downsizing its publishing division by laying off two editors and by making plans to cut its list from 25 titles this fall to no more than 15 by 2007.Lynn Henry, Raincoast’s ... Read More »

June 13, 2005

Book festival returns to Nathan Phillips Square

By Q&Q Staff

World Literacy of Canada’s annual book festival will return to Nathan Phillips Square this year with deeply discounted books and a host of kids' entertainers.Shawna Greenberg, one of the event co-ordinators (along with Rachel Kimel), ... Read More »

June 13, 2005

Profs, publishers react to McGraw-Hill Ryerson plan to sell textbook ads

By Q&Q Staff

For advertisers looking to connect with 18- to 24-year olds, are university textbooks one area to avoid at all costs, or a missed opportunity? Educational publisher McGraw-Hill Ryerson, which is planning to insert ads into ... Read More »

June 13, 2005