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David Davidar launches new publishing company

According to MobyLives, former Penguin Canada president David Davidar is starting his own publishing house. Based out of Dehli, India, Aleph Book Company is a partnership with major Indian publisher and distributor Rupa Publications. Davidar ... Read More »

May 17, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

In the June 2011 issue of Q&Q: Madeleine Thien’s search for the breakout book

By Sue Carter

Madeleine Thien's new novel, Dogs at the Perimeter, is her most mature and accomplished work to date. In the June 2011 issue of Q&Q, Thien discusses her hopes for the book, her nomadic lifestyle, and ... Read More »

May 17, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: William Burroughs’ Turkish publisher faces charges, Florida school backpacks get lighter, and more

By Sue Carter

William Burroughs' Turkish publisher faces obscenity charges, accused of hurting people's moral feelings Florida considering bill to make e-textbooks mandatory in public schools by 2015 A geographic guide to Scandinavian crime fiction This artist's rendering ... Read More »

May 17, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: Christopher Hitchens on Osama Bin Laden, hard days for librarians, and more

By Sue Carter

Christopher Hitchens calls Noam Chomsky's essay on Osama Bin Laden stupid, offers his own perspective in a Kindle Single essay Los Angeles librarians justify their jobs in a court-like setting Less than 10 per cent ... Read More »

May 16, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Behind the scenes with D&M Publishers’ award-winning design team

By Sue Carter

In April, the design team for D&M Publishers swept the annual Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada, receiving 13 prizes in total. In the June issue of Q&Q, the team discusses ... Read More »

May 13, 2011 | Filed under: Industry news

Canadian literary event round-up: May 13-19

By Sue Carter

Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week: Caroline Woodward launches Penny Loves Wade, Wade Loves Penny, Pages Books on Kensington, Calgary (May 13, 7:30 p.m., ... Read More »

May 13, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Miriam Toews receives Order of Manitoba

By Sue Carter

Steinbach, Manitoba“born Miriam Toews, author of the Governor General's Literary Award“winning A Complicated Kindness and the newly released Irma Voth, is one of 12 people receiving the Order of Manitoba this year. Presented by lieutenant-governor ... Read More »

May 12, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: Sarah Palin is not one of the Common people, Random House U.K. signs to agency model, and more

By Sue Carter

Sarah Palin creates outrage over the White House inviting rapper Common to its Evening of Poetry Random House U.K. signs to agency model, with over 6,000 titles to appear in the iBookstore E-bookseller iFlow shuts ... Read More »

May 11, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Event photos: Toronto Comic Arts Festival

By Sue Carter

Thousands of comics fans crowded into the Toronto Reference Library last weekend for the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. I remember when it was 100 people in a parking lot, said one attendee, navigating through the ... Read More »

May 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Word on the Street Halifax is on a boat

By Sue Carter

Word on the Street Halifax is moving closer to the ocean this year, with plans to host readings along its popular waterfront and on boats, including Theodore Tugboat and the CSS Acadia. WOTS Halifax will ... Read More »

May 6, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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Quill and Quire

David Davidar launches new publishing company

In the June 2011 issue of Q&Q: Madeleine Thien’s search for the breakout book

Book links round-up: William Burroughs’ Turkish publisher faces charges, Florida school backpacks get lighter, and more

Book links round-up: Christopher Hitchens on Osama Bin Laden, hard days for librarians, and more

Behind the scenes with D&M Publishers’ award-winning design team

Canadian literary event round-up: May 13-19

Miriam Toews receives Order of Manitoba

Book links round-up: Sarah Palin is not one of the Common people, Random House U.K. signs to agency model, and more

Event photos: Toronto Comic Arts Festival

Word on the Street Halifax is on a boat

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