by Q&Q Staff

Deals: Dave Bidini’s hockey memoir, Angela Liddon’s vegan cookbook, and more

Penguin Canada associate publisher Nick Garrison has acquired Canadian English-language rights to Dave Bidini’s Keon and Me: My Search for the Lost Soul of the Leafs. The book is a memoir of Bidini at age ... Read More »

January 23, 2013

Coach House launches culture series under editor Jason McBride

By Q&Q Staff

Coach House Books has announced the launch of a new non-fiction series of short, punchy books on cultural issues. The series, known as Exploded Views, is “meant to occupy that space between a magazine essay ... Read More »

January 17, 2013

Personnel changes: House of Anansi Press

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House of Anansi Press has two personnel changes to announce: Operations manager Mark Luk has been promoted to the newly created position of IT development manager. Luk, who has been with Anansi since 2004, will ... Read More »

January 17, 2013

Personnel changes: Penguin Canada promotions

By Q&Q Staff

Penguin Canada has several promotions to report, all of which took effect at the beginning of the year. Beth Lockley has been promoted from executive director to vice-president of marketing and publicity, continuing to report ... Read More »

January 14, 2013

Personnel change: Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador

By Q&Q Staff

The Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador has hired Alison Dyer as its new executive director, effective immediately. The freelance journalist and ... Read More »

January 14, 2013

Deals: Doubleday Canada acquires Sabrina Ramnanan’s debut novel; Rodale Books to publish Margaret Webb’s Older, Faster, Stronger

By Q&Q Staff

Doubleday Canada publishing director Lynn Henry has acquired Canadian rights to Sabrina Ramnanan’s debut novel, Behind God’s Back, a tale of forbidden teenage love in a gossipy, selectively pious Trinidadian village. Martha Webb of Anne ... Read More »

January 11, 2013

Man Asian Prize finalist Musharraf Ali Farooqi looks for Canadian publisher

By Q&Q Staff

Musharraf Ali Farooqi’s novel Between Clay and Dust may have been shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize, but the author, who divides his time between Toronto and Pakistan, has yet to win over a ... Read More »

January 10, 2013

Spring preview 2013: highlights

By Q&Q Staff

Rumours to the contrary notwithstanding, publishing is alive and well moving into spring. In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at some of the season's biggest books. Click on the slideshow to see some of ... Read More »

January 9, 2013 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Personnel change: James Lorimer & Company

By Q&Q Staff

James Lorimer & Company has hired Cy Strom as acquisitions editor. Strom, who works out ... Read More »

January 9, 2013

Indie booksellers report modest holiday sales

By Q&Q Staff

In a year marked by major bookstore closures, several Canadian independent booksellers are reporting modest increases in holiday sales, with few breakout titles. Ellen Pickle, owner of Tidewater Books in Sackville, New Brunswick, does not ... Read More »

January 7, 2013

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Deals: Dave Bidini’s hockey memoir, Angela Liddon’s vegan cookbook, and more

Coach House launches culture series under editor Jason McBride

Personnel changes: House of Anansi Press

Personnel changes: Penguin Canada promotions

Personnel change: Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador

Deals: Doubleday Canada acquires Sabrina Ramnanan’s debut novel; Rodale Books to publish Margaret Webb’s Older, Faster, Stronger

Man Asian Prize finalist Musharraf Ali Farooqi looks for Canadian publisher

Spring preview 2013: highlights

Personnel change: James Lorimer & Company

Indie booksellers report modest holiday sales

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