by Steven W. Beattie

Simon & Schuster cleared to publish in Canada: Updated

The Globe and Mail is reporting that the Department of Canadian Heritage has given the all-clear for multinational publisher Simon & Schuster to begin a Canadian publishing program out of its Toronto office. The ability ... Read More »

May 29, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news

Chrystia Freeland’s Plutocrats named National Business Book Award winner

By Steven W. Beattie

Alberta-born, New York City“based journalist Chrystia Freeland has won the 2013 National Business Book Award for her book Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else (Doubleday Canada). The ... Read More »

May 28, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

A.S.A. Harrison dead at 65: Updated

By Steven W. Beattie

Q&Q was saddened to learn that Canadian author A.S.A. Harrison died on Sunday at the age of 65. Harrison was the author of the non-fiction book Orgasms, published in 1974 by Coach House Press. And ... Read More »

April 16, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Robert J. Sawyer vs. the Canada Council: Updated

By Steven W. Beattie

By any reasonable measure, Robert J. Sawyer must be considered one of this country's most successful fiction writers. He has just published his 22nd novel, Red Planet Blues. Previous novels have been nominated for or ... Read More »

April 8, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Poet, editor Kildare Dobbs dead at age 89

By Steven W. Beattie

The National Post is reporting that Kildare Dobbs, a fixture on the CanLit scene since the 1950s, died today in Toronto. Born in India and educated in Ireland, Dobbs came to Canada in 1952, and ... Read More »

April 1, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news

Knopf could get the all clear to publish Scientology book in Canada

By Steven W. Beattie

Lawrence Wright won a Pulitzer Prize for The Looming Tower, his book on al Qaeda and 9/11, but the author's evident stature and reputation haven't eased concerns that his new book could create libel issues north ... Read More »

February 5, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news

Spring preview 2013: Canadian short fiction, crime fiction, and poetry

By Steven W. Beattie

Rumours to the contrary notwithstanding, publishing is alive and well moving into spring. In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at some of the spring's biggest books. Short fiction Nancy Jo Cullen's short fiction collection ... Read More »

January 10, 2013 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Spring preview 2013: Canadian novels

By Steven W. Beattie

Rumours to the contrary notwithstanding, publishing is alive and well moving into spring. In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at some of the spring's biggest books. Although she currently resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts, best-selling ... Read More »

January 10, 2013 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Book trailer screens in front of The Hobbit

By Steven W. Beattie

Despite generally lacklustre reviews, Peter Jackson's adaptation of (the first third or so of) J.R.R. Tolkein's The Hobbit was the undisputed box office champion this weekend, raking in an estimated $84.8 million in its first ... Read More »

December 17, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news

Alan Moore’s low-budget home movie

By Steven W. Beattie

Look up the word "iconoclasm" in the dictionary, and you're likely to find a picture of Alan Moore. One of the U.K.'s most successful writers, Moore has been mythologized since making a splash with his ... Read More »

December 17, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

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Simon & Schuster cleared to publish in Canada: Updated

Chrystia Freeland’s Plutocrats named National Business Book Award winner

A.S.A. Harrison dead at 65: Updated

Robert J. Sawyer vs. the Canada Council: Updated

Poet, editor Kildare Dobbs dead at age 89

Knopf could get the all clear to publish Scientology book in Canada

Spring preview 2013: Canadian short fiction, crime fiction, and poetry

Spring preview 2013: Canadian novels

Book trailer screens in front of The Hobbit

Alan Moore’s low-budget home movie

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