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Meet Sean Ohlenkamp, creator of the viral video, The Joy of Books

Sean Ohlenkamp's animation of books cavorting in Toronto's Type Books has received over 27,000 hits on YouTube since it was posted yesterday. Quillblog spoke to Ohlenkamp, an art director at Lowe Roche advertising agency, about ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling

Book links roundup: Apple to ship iPad 3 in March; rare Audubon to go for $10 million, and more

By Sue Carter

Apple to ship iPad 3 in March; iPad 4 in October A first edition of a rare Audubon book is yours for $10 million U.S. Popular Halifax secondhand bookstore owner to pack up 25 years ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Quillcast episode five: Rosemary Sullivan and Molito

By Sue Carter

Quillcast is a podcast series from Quill & Quire featuring behind-the-scenes conversations with authors and publishing insiders. In this episode, Governor General's Literary Award“winning author and poet Rosemary Sullivan speaks about her first children's book, ... Read More »

January 9, 2012 | Filed under: Quillcast

Video: animating Type Books

By Sue Carter

Toronto's Type Books is already known for its wonderful window displays, but this animated ... Read More »

January 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling

Target to join Canadian book retailers in spring 2013

By Sue Carter

It looks like Canadian book retailers will have some bright red competition next year. Toronto Life reports that U.S. big-box giant Target has confirmed the locations of its first 24 stores in Canada. All are ... Read More »

January 6, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling

Toronto’s Dragon Lady Comics to close its doors

By Sue Carter

Just days after Quillblog reported on the troubles facing two Toronto independent bookstores comes word that Little Italy's Dragon Lady Comics is closing its doors. Torontoist writes: According to manager Joe Kilmartin, a combination of ... Read More »

January 5, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling

PEI comedian Patrick Ledwell turns to the crowds to support his first book

By Sue Carter

Popular PEI writer and comedian Patrick Ledwell spends a lot of time onstage, and now he's turning to his audiences to help fund his first book. I Am an Islander, a collection of sketches, rants, ... Read More »

January 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Book links roundup: indie bookstores become publishers, Hitchens on Dickens, and more

By Sue Carter

Independent bookstores fight Amazon by becoming publishers Christopher Hitchens' last Vanity Fair essay discusses Charles Dickens' inner child Barnes & Noble looks to sell publishing arm and spin off Nook division Topographical sculptures carved out ... Read More »

January 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Moira Young wins Costa Book Award

By Sue Carter

Canadian-born author and former opera singer Moira Young has won the U.K.'s Costa Book Award for children's literature for her debut novel, Blood Red Road. Young's post-apocalyptic dystopian story, which has been compared to Suzanne ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Book links roundup: 2011 Canadian bestsellers, Apple self-publishing rumours, and more

By Sue Carter

Random House of Canada and Penguin Canada lead Canadian entries on the 2011 Globe & Mail bestsellers' list Is Apple launching a digital self-publishing program? Kitty lit: reimagined classics from The Sound and the Furry ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

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Quill and Quire

Meet Sean Ohlenkamp, creator of the viral video, The Joy of Books

Book links roundup: Apple to ship iPad 3 in March; rare Audubon to go for $10 million, and more

Quillcast episode five: Rosemary Sullivan and Molito

Video: animating Type Books

Target to join Canadian book retailers in spring 2013

Toronto’s Dragon Lady Comics to close its doors

PEI comedian Patrick Ledwell turns to the crowds to support his first book

Book links roundup: indie bookstores become publishers, Hitchens on Dickens, and more

Moira Young wins Costa Book Award

Book links roundup: 2011 Canadian bestsellers, Apple self-publishing rumours, and more

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