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In blow to small publishers, Literary Press Group loses federal funding

The Literary Press Group, the sales and marketing co-operative representing independent Canadian publishers, confirmed today that it has been denied funding by the Department of Canadian Heritage. The federal agency represents the LPG's single largest ... Read More »

June 7, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Gloria Ferris wins first Bloody Words Light Mystery Award

By Katie Gowrie

Gloria Ferris has won the first Bloody Words Light Mystery Award for her novel Cheat the Hangman (Imajin Books). The Light Mystery award, also known as the Bony Blithe Award, was established by the board ... Read More »

June 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Canadian fiction editor Melanie Little steps down at Anansi

By Stuart Woods

House of Anansi Press president and publisher Sarah MacLachlan has announced several changes to its editorial department. Melanie Little, who joined the firm two years ago as senior editor of Canadian fiction, is stepping down ... Read More »

May 25, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Toronto street scenes: Michael Cho and Patrick Cummins

By Alison Lang

In the June 2012 issue of Q&Q, Alison Lang examines two new art books that are inspired by the urban canvas of Toronto's ever-changing storefronts and back alleys. Like most cities, Toronto is in a ... Read More »

May 22, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Canada Post introduces Franklin the Turtle stamps

By Natalie Samson

Canada Post has cemented Franklin the Turtle's status as a Canadian kidlit icon by unveiling a series of stamps featuring the hero in a half-shell. The four stamps depicting scenes from Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda ... Read More »

May 14, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Fifty Shades of Grey parody gets publisher

By Steven W. Beattie

How does E.L. James know she's really arrived? Not because her Twilight-inspired work of fan fiction was transmogrified into a bona fide mainstream phenomenon. Not because she scored a lucrative deal with a major publishing ... Read More »

May 7, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Creemore’s Curiosity House Bookstore & Gallery to close

By Natalie Samson

Curiosity House Bookshop & Gallery in Creemore, Ontario Another indie bookseller in Ontario is set to close. Last week, the owners of Curiosity House Bookstore & Gallery announced they will shutter the shop in Creemore, ... Read More »

May 7, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling

Controversy surrounds U.K. publication of Taliban poetry

By Steven W. Beattie

When a nation is at war, where does it draw the line between artistic freedom and propaganda? That is the question swirling around a volume of Taliban poetry set to publish later this month in ... Read More »

May 7, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

IBBY launches new fund for children’s literacy in UAE

By Natalie Samson

The International Board on Book for Young People Foundation and the United Arab Emirates Board on Books for Young People have launched a fund that will see 1 million Swiss Francs earmarked for children's literacy ... Read More »

May 4, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Killer comics, part two: Editions Tchai, Top Shelf, and Jeff Lemire

By Natalie Samson

In less than a decade, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (May 5“6) has grown from a niche event into an annual gathering that attracts upward of 15,000 attendees. In the May 2012 issue, Q&Q takes ... Read More »

May 4, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

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