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Slideshow: Theytus Books celebrates 30 years

Theytus Books, one of Canada's oldest aboriginal publishers, celebrated its 30th anniversary last Thursday. The full-day festivities comprised workshops about creativity and the land, including a poetry-chapbook-writing session and reading hosted by Jeanette Armstrong, at ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology, Events

Foran, deWitt add GGs to literary accolades

By Stuart Woods

Two of the most high-profile winners of the 2011 Governor General's Literary Awards have already won major literary prizes this season. Charles Foran won the non-fiction prize for Mordecai: The Life & Times (Knopf Canada), which ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Was Jane Austen poisoned to death?

By Steven W. Beattie

Conspiracy theories about the untimely deaths of major authors appear to be turning into something of a cottage industry. Over the summer, an Italian scholar let loose with his supposition that the car crash that ... Read More »

November 14, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Quillcast episode two: Andrew Westoll and The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary

By Sue Carter

Welcome to Quillcast, a new podcast series from Quill & Quire featuring behind-the-scenes conversations with authors and publishing insiders. In this episode, the first in a two-part series on non-fiction authors, Andrew Westoll speaks about ... Read More »

November 14, 2011 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Books of the Year, Quillcast

Weekend reading list: the top stories from around our offices

By Sue Carter

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories include teaching your kids classic Canadian songs and Movember grooming advice. Thirteen great songs every Canadian ... Read More »

November 12, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Do literary critics have what it takes to review comics?

By Natalie Samson

We've given a fair bit of space in Q&Q to conversations about literary criticism, but we've heard relatively little about what it means to be a critic of comics. Considering how significant graphic novels have ... Read More »

November 11, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Indigo to focus on new product design with Kobo cash influx

By Stuart Woods

A story in today's Globe and Mail looks at what the Kobo sale means for its majority owner, Indigo Books & Music, which is likely to find itself flush with cash as a result of ... Read More »

November 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Recap: Joan Didion’s night in Toronto

By Sue Carter

While Canadian publishing executives and literary stars gathered at Toronto's Four Seasons Hotel for the Scotiabank Giller Prize gala Tuesday night, across downtown, another large group gathered at the Harbourfront Centre to see American author ... Read More »

November 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

$10,000 Alberta prize now open to books published out of province

By Stuart Woods

Organizers of the Alberta Readers' Choice Award, now in its third year, have taken steps to quiet a muted strain of controversy that has attached itself to the prize since its inception. The $10,000 award, ... Read More »

November 9, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Libraries

Indigo’s sale of Kobo realizes “a stupendous return,” Reisman says

By Stuart Woods

As many in Canadian publishing's inner circle primped and primed themselves for the Scotiabank Giller Prize gala, important industry news of another sort broke with the announcement Tuesday evening of Indigo's decision to sell its ... Read More »

November 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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Slideshow: Theytus Books celebrates 30 years

Foran, deWitt add GGs to literary accolades

Was Jane Austen poisoned to death?

Quillcast episode two: Andrew Westoll and The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary

Weekend reading list: the top stories from around our offices

Do literary critics have what it takes to review comics?

Indigo to focus on new product design with Kobo cash influx

Recap: Joan Didion’s night in Toronto

$10,000 Alberta prize now open to books published out of province

Indigo’s sale of Kobo realizes “a stupendous return,” Reisman says

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