by Stuart Woods

Bookmarks: Google gets friendly, Quartet Press shuts down, and more

Sundry links from around the Web: Google will allow rivals to sell copies of its digital books Upstart digital publisher Quartet Press shuts down before it ever really got started Marion Boyers, the venerable independent U.K. ... Read More »

September 10, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Lisa Moore still “unreadably Canadian,” Barbara Kay says

By Stuart Woods

National Post columnist Barbara Kay really has it in for novelist Lisa Moore. The one-sided feud began last July, when Kay responded to Post reporter Katherine Laidlaw's "gushy" profile of the two-time Giller Prize nominee, calling Moore's most ... Read More »

September 10, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

Layoffs at Random House, M&S as foreign rights sales are outsourced

By Stuart Woods

Both Random House of Canada and McClelland & Stewart are discontinuing their rights departments, announcing today that going forward, the majority of subsidiary rights activities for both firms will be handled by The Cooke Agency ... Read More »

September 8, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

September Q&Q: Dany LaferriÃ¨re and more in the spotlight on Quebec publishing

By Stuart Woods

The cover star of the September issue of Q&Q is the Haitian-born, Montreal-based author Dany LaferriÃ¨re, who came to national attention in the 1980s with his first novel, How to Make Love to a Negro ... Read More »

September 4, 2009 | Filed under: Opinion

Bookmarks: more praise for Margaret Atwood, Ted Kennedy, and David Mitchell

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: Fredric Jameson writes in the London Review of Books that Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood gives him the feeling of "syrupy nausea" “ in a good way ... Read More »

September 3, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

When covers look alike

By Stuart Woods

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and in the world of book-cover design “ where both budgets and the number of stock images are limited “ a little bit of repetition is inevitable. For ... Read More »

September 3, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

TYPE Books closes Danforth location

By Stuart Woods

Yet another Toronto indie bookseller has closed, BlogTO reports: On the same day the city's beloved Pages Books and Magazines closed, an indie in the east end made its last sale. Yesterday, fans of TYPE ... Read More »

September 2, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Introducing Q&Q’s new staff writer

By Stuart Woods

The entire staff of Q&Q is pleased to introduce our new staff writer, Zoe Whittall. Zoe may be known to some of our readers already: she's the author of the novels Bottle Rocket Hearts (Cormorant ... Read More »

August 31, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Litmag funding should be administered by Canada Council, MagsCan says

By Stuart Woods

Despite strong words to the contrary from Canadian heritage minister James Moore, there may still be hope for Canada's small literary and arts magazines. In a pre-budget submission delivered to the federal finance committee earlier ... Read More »

August 27, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Random House calls off its annual Frankfurt party

By Stuart Woods

In yet another sign of financial turmoil, Random House parent company Bertelsmann has cancelled its annual Frankfurt Book Fair soiree “ long a staple of the fall publishing calendar, and the one Frankfurt party everyone ... Read More »

August 20, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Events

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Bookmarks: Google gets friendly, Quartet Press shuts down, and more

Lisa Moore still “unreadably Canadian,” Barbara Kay says

Layoffs at Random House, M&S as foreign rights sales are outsourced

September Q&Q: Dany LaferriÃ¨re and more in the spotlight on Quebec publishing

Bookmarks: more praise for Margaret Atwood, Ted Kennedy, and David Mitchell

When covers look alike

TYPE Books closes Danforth location

Introducing Q&Q’s new staff writer

Litmag funding should be administered by Canada Council, MagsCan says

Random House calls off its annual Frankfurt party

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