

A controversial lawsuit brought against the Windsor Public Library Board by its former CEO, Brian Bell, has been settled out of court. Windsor Star columnist Anne Jarvis criticized the settlement with Bell, which she pegs ... Read More »

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories get sporty with the Roller Derby World Cup and Where Canada's top skiing apps. Giving ... Read More »
December 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

When choosing covers of the year, the book designers Q&Q polled considered art, typography, layout, and meaning in their decisions. Allison Baggio's Girl in Shades, Johanna Skibsrud's This Will Be Difficult To Explain and Other ... Read More »
December 2, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Books of the Year

What makes a book of the year? There's no formula for deciding. Some are critical darlings, some are word-of-mouth favourites. Some introduce us to important new voices, some represent the best work from established authors. ... Read More »
November 29, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Books of the Year

What makes a book of the year? There's no formula for deciding. Some are critical darlings, some are word-of-mouth favourites. Some introduce us to important new voices, some represent the best work from established authors. ... Read More »
November 28, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Books of the Year

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories include a history of LGBT publisher Pink Triangle Press and a new biography of former ... Read More »
November 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

The CBC's love affair with The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis continues. On Tuesday, Jian Ghomeshi announced at the CBC Canada Reads launch party that CBC Television will adapt the book into a six-part ... Read More »
November 25, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

If yesterday's CBC Canada Reads public meet-and-greet in Toronto was any indication, the non-fiction contest, which airs in February 2012, will be a battle fuelled by strong personalities. Canada Reads host Jian Ghomeshi introduced the ... Read More »

The first ever non-fiction edition of CBC Canada Reads features five titles that chronicle everything from a cross-Canada musical tour, a woman's harrowing experience in an Iranian prison, the hunt for a Siberian tiger, a ... Read More »

Nan A. Talese, an imprint of Doubleday U.S., is previewing illustrations from the e-book version of Margaret Atwood's essay collection In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination (McClelland & Stewart). What's most notable about ... Read More »
November 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology