by Steven W. Beattie

ReLit (very) longlists announced

The Scotiabank Giller Prize was not the only Canadian literary award to release its longlist today. The annual ReLit Awards released its notoriously long longlists in each of the novel, short fiction, and poetry categories. ... Read More »

September 4, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Controversial Thomas Jefferson book finds new life courtesy of Glenn Beck

By Steven W. Beattie

"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government ... Read More »

August 20, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news

Fall preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction, part II

By Steven W. Beattie

The season of high-profile literary awards and author festivals is on its way, and there's no shortage of new releases from marquee names. In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at some of the fall's ... Read More »

August 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Fall preview 2012: biography and memoir, politics and history

By Steven W. Beattie

August 7, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Author, playwright, essayist Gore Vidal dies at 86

By Steven W. Beattie

"Every four years the naive half who vote are encouraged to believe that if we can elect a really nice man or woman President everything will be all right. But it won't be." It would ... Read More »

August 1, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Fifty Shades of Grey continues sales domination

By Steven W. Beattie

The public's appetite for vanilla BDSM/repurposed Twilight fan fiction appears to be insatiable. According to the Guardian, E.L. James is the first author to have three books sell more than 100,000 copies apiece in the ... Read More »

June 25, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Couple ties the knot at Ben McNally Books

By Steven W. Beattie

Photo by Alex Lee of Young Hearts Photography Ben McNally Books in the heart of downtown Toronto has been the site of numerous literary events, book launches, and author meet-and-greets. But to Quillblog's knowledge, it ... Read More »

June 14, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Google reaches book-scanning detente in France

By Steven W. Beattie

France has become the first country in which Google has reached an industry-wide deal to scan out-of-print works still under copyright. According to The New York Times, Google has struck a deal with the French ... Read More »

June 11, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Macmillan, Penguin fire back at U.S. Department of Justice

By Steven W. Beattie

Two of the publishers named in a U.S. antitrust lawsuit alleging illegal price fixing of ebooks have shot back at the Department of Justice in affidavits filed last week in New York. In an affidavit ... Read More »

June 4, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news

John Updike Society to purchase author’s childhood home

By Steven W. Beattie

The John Updike Society announced last week that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the Shillington, Pennsylvania, home the Pulitzer Prize“winning author lived in as a child. The house, which resides at 117 ... Read More »

May 14, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

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ReLit (very) longlists announced

Controversial Thomas Jefferson book finds new life courtesy of Glenn Beck

Fall preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction, part II

Fall preview 2012: biography and memoir, politics and history

Author, playwright, essayist Gore Vidal dies at 86

Fifty Shades of Grey continues sales domination

Couple ties the knot at Ben McNally Books

Google reaches book-scanning detente in France

Macmillan, Penguin fire back at U.S. Department of Justice

John Updike Society to purchase author’s childhood home

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