Quebec Writers’ Federation hands out awards

The Quebec Writers' Federation announced the winners of its annual awards Wednesday. Edeet Ravel won the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction for Look for Me (Random House Canada). The McAuslan First Book Award went to ... Read More »

November 26, 2004

Schwartz adds more Indigo shares

By Q&Q Staff

Gerry Schwartz, the husband of Indigo CEO Heather Reisman, announced Wednesday that one of his companies has acquired 1% of the total outstanding shares in Indigo Books & Music, increasing the percentage of common shares ... Read More »

November 25, 2004

From Winnipeg to Manhattan: McNally Robinson to open U.S. store

By Q&Q Staff

In a rare move for a Canadian bookseller, the independent McNally Robinson chain has announced a new location in the heart of New York City. On Dec. 1, a two-level, 7,000-square-foot store will be open ... Read More »

November 25, 2004

Corporate restructuring at Arsenal Pulp

By Q&Q Staff

After eight years with the company, managing editor Blaine Kyllo is leaving Arsenal Pulp Press due to a “corporate restructuring,” according to a company news release. Kyllo is leaving at the end of the month, ... Read More »

November 25, 2004

Gatenby says a quarter of his $2-million collection came from his time at Harbourfront

By Q&Q Staff

During a news conference held in his Toronto home Wednesday morning, Greg Gatenby stood among his collection of 25,000 books and delivered an ultimatum. If, in two weeks, no Canadian buyer can be found for ... Read More »

November 24, 2004

Caught in the web

By Q&Q Staff

Journalist and author Julian Sher has signed a deal with Random House Canada publisher Anne Collins for his next non-fiction work, Hear the Children Cry. The book will profile known Internet predators and their victims ... Read More »

November 24, 2004

Maritime midwife

By Q&Q Staff

Knopf Canada publisher Diane Martin has signed a deal with first-time novelist Ami McKay for The Birth House. The book is about a young apprentice midwife who lives in a Nova Scotian fishing village during ... Read More »

November 24, 2004

Foreign front: Nov. 24, 2004

By Q&Q Staff

Agent Denise Bukowski has sold U.S. rights to Kristen den Hartog’s Origin of Haloes to MacAdam/Cage.Marilyn Biderman, director of rights and contracts at McClelland & Stewart, has sold French-language rights to Kevin Bazzana’s Wondrous Strange: ... Read More »

November 24, 2004