3G (third generation)An upcoming mobile telephone standard that will permit high-speed access to the wireless Internet.CarrierA wireless service provider. In Canada, carriers include Bell Mobility, Telus Mobility, Clearnet (in the process of being absorbed by ... Read More »

What notable books did you pick up this summer? Q&Q asked a selection of booksellers and writers what they’d recommend from their summer reading:Author Steven Heighton spoke enthusiastically about Robyn Sarah’s book of short stories, ... Read More »

Who is Scott Griffin? That was the burning question on the minds of members of the Toronto literary and publishing community as they crowded the courtyard of Massey College at the University of Toronto early in ... Read More »

The Secret Under My Skin (HarperCollins, 2000)Make or Break Spring (Creative Book Publishing, 1998)To Dance ... Read More »

FictionThe Acrobats (1954)Son of a Smaller Hero (1955)A Choice of Enemies (1957)The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959)The Incomparable Atuk (1963)Cocksure (1968)The Street (1969)St. Urbain’s Horseman (1971)Joshua Then and Now (1980)Solomon Gursky Was Here (1989)Barney’s Version ... Read More »

Chair: Audrey ThomasFirst Vice-Chair: Fred WahSecond Vice-Chair: Barry GrillsTreasurer: Bill FreemanBC/Yukon Rep: Brian Burtch Alberta/NWT/Nunavut Rep: Penney Kome Manitoba/Saskatchewan Rep: Melinda McCracken Ontario Rep: Andrea Wayne von Königslow Quebec Rep: David Homel Atlantic Rep: Don ... Read More »

Peter Mayle and Frances Mayes reappear on this month’s Bestseller Survey with his and her versions of la vie provençale. Mayle’s Encore Provence documents the author’s return from the United States to his beloved southern ... Read More »

Twenty-two publishers may have received emergency funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage in the spring, but most of the money – almost 75% of it – went to help five publishers.Documents obtained by Inside ... Read More »

General Distribution Services expects to be caught up on payments to client publishers by next week – but the company has not yet announced new financing.Several of General’s client publishers say they have received notification ... Read More »