by Scott MacDonald

Lefties attempt to get into U.S. bookselling market

There's a new online bookselling venture in the U.S. called the Progressive Book Club, and though it doesn't ship to Canada at the moment, it's still worth a look. The month-old PBC is, as the ... Read More »

July 4, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Teacher suspended over Freedom Writers

By Scott MacDonald

A teacher in Indiana has been suspended without pay for 18 months for using The Freedom Writers Diary, a widely lauded collection of biographical stories written by inner-city teenagers, as part of her curriculum. For ... Read More »

July 4, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

A new home for short stories

By Scott MacDonald

Toronto-based authors Emily Schultz and Brian Joseph Davis have come together and launched a new website for short fiction, called Joyland. In a mass e-mail sent to Q&Q, they explain the impetus for the site: ... Read More »

June 27, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

A call to blog

By Scott MacDonald

Every author with even an ounce of self-promotional instinct seems to have a blog these days, but how many editors and publishers do? According to Booksquare blogger Kassia Kroszer, the whole publishing industry needs to ... Read More »

June 27, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

New cover for Sean Dixon title

By Scott MacDonald

Last year, Canadian author Sean Dixon sold U.K. rights to his The Girls Who Saw Everything to HarperCollins U.K., which re-titled the book The Last Days of the Lacuna Cabal. The book has just been ... Read More »

June 20, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

CNN commentator calls books for boys “emasculating”

By Scott MacDonald

Glenn Beck, a conservative political commentator who appears regularly on CNN Headline News, recently welcomed U.S. children's book author Ted Bell to his show, in order to sing the praises of Bell's new adventure title, ... Read More »

June 20, 2008

Talking Books gets axed

By Scott MacDonald

It's only been a few weeks since Rogers TV announced the impending cancellation of Carolyn Weaver's long-running book show Fine Print, but already another book promotion venue has bit the dust. This time it's Ian ... Read More »

June 13, 2008

Little Sister’s profiled

By Scott MacDonald

The Globe and Mail has posted an interesting interview with Jim Deva, one of the proprietors of Little Sister's Book & Art Emporium in Vancouver, in which he explains his reasons for wanting to sell ... Read More »

June 13, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

Event photos: Griffin Poetry Prize gala

By Scott MacDonald

The Griffin Poetry Prize gala was held in Toronto's Distillery District last night, and as usual it was a lavish, well-attended affair. The big-time celebrity quotient seemed lower than in the past, however, and you ... Read More »

June 5, 2008 | Filed under: Events

Borders dumps 20% of corporate workforce

By Scott MacDonald

There has been much speculation recently about the future of the U.S. book chain Borders, which has been on hard times. Most of the rumours focussed on a possible sale of the company to competitor ... Read More »

June 4, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

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Lefties attempt to get into U.S. bookselling market

Teacher suspended over Freedom Writers

A new home for short stories

A call to blog

New cover for Sean Dixon title

CNN commentator calls books for boys “emasculating”

Talking Books gets axed

Little Sister’s profiled

Event photos: Griffin Poetry Prize gala

Borders dumps 20% of corporate workforce

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