by Sue Carter

Indigenous authors, bookstore expansions, and #MeToo allegations dominate Q&Q’s most-read stories and reviews of 2018

Stories about Indigenous publishing and sexual-misconduct allegations at Concordia University dominated Q&Q’s 2018 most-read list. Interestingly, reviews of backlist titles by Indigenous authors also topped the list this year. Top-10 stories Esther the Wonder Pig ... Read More »

December 20, 2018

New report offers 75+ recommendations to improve awareness of Canadian books

By Sue Carter

A quick peruse through 2018's year-end bestseller and library most-borrowed lists suggests that many Canadians are reading books by authors who live outside the country. BookNet Canada's latest sales data backs up that casual observation, ... Read More »

December 17, 2018

The power of handselling: how Mill Street Books championed Lesley Choyce’s latest novel

By Sue Carter

When the staff of Mill Street Books really love a book, they get behind it 100 per cent. Over the past year when customers and book clubs have come into the small Almonte, Ontario, shop ... Read More »

December 17, 2018

Personnel changes: Portage & Main Press/HighWater Press

By Sue Carter

Portage & Main Press/HighWater Press has hired Synora Van Drine as sales manager. Van Drine brings years of publishing experience, most recently as director of sales and marketing at Dundurn Press. She can be reached at svandrine@portageandmainpress.com. ... Read More »

December 17, 2018

Address change: Diamond Book Distributors

By Sue Carter

Effective immediately all returns for product ordered and received from Diamond Book Distributors should be sent to the following ... Read More »

December 14, 2018

A recent study paints a grim portrait of academic contract life at Canadian post-secondary institutions

By Sue Carter

Terra Poirier planned to shoot a portrait series using a pinhole camera for her final undergraduate project at Emily Carr University of Art & Design. She selected contract employees from the school and, by playing ... Read More »

December 13, 2018

Dionne Brand’s Love Enough honoured by Project Bookmark

By Sue Carter

Dionne Brand’s 2014 novel, Love Enough (Knopf Canada), about the intertwined stories of four young Torontonians, is the 22nd literary work to receive a designation on Project Bookmark Canada’s literary trail. The organization marks the ... Read More »

December 12, 2018

Daily Deals: Tegan and Sara memoir to Simon & Schuster Canada

By Sue Carter

Identical twins Sara and Tegan Quin write and perform their music together. Now the LGBTQ advocates and internationally praised musicians – who have sold more than a million records to date – are about to ... Read More »

December 11, 2018

Robert Bringhurst receives Robert R. Reid Award for lifetime achievement in the book arts

By Sue Carter

Multi-talented author, designer, and typographer Robert Bringhurst has been named this year's recipient of the Robert R. Reid Award and Medal. The Alcuin Society prize honours lifetime achievement in Canadian book arts. The B.C.–based Bringhurst, ... Read More »

December 10, 2018

Salon du livre de Montréal director Olivier Gougeon broadens reach to English-speaking books community

By Sue Carter

There was a dramatic shift with the changing of the guard at the Salon du livre de Montréal this year as its newly minted executive director, Olivier Gougeon, revealed his vision for a more inclusive ... Read More »

December 10, 2018

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Indigenous authors, bookstore expansions, and #MeToo allegations dominate Q&Q’s most-read stories and reviews of 2018

New report offers 75+ recommendations to improve awareness of Canadian books

The power of handselling: how Mill Street Books championed Lesley Choyce’s latest novel

Personnel changes: Portage & Main Press/HighWater Press

Address change: Diamond Book Distributors

A recent study paints a grim portrait of academic contract life at Canadian post-secondary institutions

Dionne Brand’s Love Enough honoured by Project Bookmark

Daily Deals: Tegan and Sara memoir to Simon & Schuster Canada

Robert Bringhurst receives Robert R. Reid Award for lifetime achievement in the book arts

Salon du livre de Montréal director Olivier Gougeon broadens reach to English-speaking books community

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