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Guiness World Records comes to Toronto

To launch the Guiness World Records 2008 edition (distributed by Canadian Manda Group), editor Craig Glenday and Neil Fingleton, the U.K's tallest man, came to Toronto in mid-August to look for Canada's tallest man. (Photos ... Read More »

August 24, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Toronto's new gay lit fest

By Leigh Anne Williams

A new Toronto literary fest focused on gay and lesbian literature kicks off this Sunday. Writing Outside the Margins, organized by Xtra magazine, features a day-long lineup of readings by various authors, including Nalo Hopkinson, ... Read More »

August 24, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Launch for Paul Watson's Where War Lives

By Q&Q Staff

McClelland & Stewart toasted the launch of photographer and journalist Paul Watson's memoir Where War Lives at Crush wine bar in downtown Toronto. M&S president and publisher Doug Pepper chats with Maclean's writer Brian Bethune. ... Read More »

August 23, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Sean Dixon's Feathered Cloak launch

By Q&Q Staff

Key Porter launched Sean Dixon's new YA book The Feathered Cloak at Toronto's Trinity Bellwoods Park with a reading and the special guest appearance of Qetesh, the falcon. (Photos by Kelly Ward/Key Porter Books) Dixon ... Read More »

August 17, 2007 | Filed under: Events

North Bay's Books by the Bay Festival

By Q&Q Staff

A crowd turned out to enjoy readings in the fresh air and sun at North Bay's Books by the Bay Festival, held on the weekend of July 20-22. (Photos by Ian Crysler) Author Barbara Reid ... Read More »

July 26, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Craig Davidson: still fighting

By Leigh Anne Williams

You might remember a certain boxing match last fall between Craig Davidson, author of The Fighter, and poet Michael Knox. Well, Davidson's book was just published in the U.S., and this week he fought again ... Read More »

July 26, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Events

Harry Potter and the Event Rules and Regulations

By Leigh Anne Williams

With the release of the final Harry Potter novel mere days away, the media frenzy is in full force. In The Globe and Mail on the weekend, publishing reporter James Adams looks at Canadian Potter ... Read More »

July 16, 2007 | Filed under: Events, Industry news

Wiley's bicentennial bash

By Q&Q Staff

Wiley Canada held a swanky party at Toronto's Liberty Grand complex on June 28 to celebrate the 200th year of operation for U.S. parent company John Wiley & Sons. (Photos by Tanja-Tiziana Burdi) Author and ... Read More »

July 4, 2007 | Filed under: Events

We Scream for CanLit

By Leigh Anne Williams

This year's Scream Literary Festival kicks off in Toronto tonight with a launch at the Gladstone Hotel, featuring poets Dennis Lee, Souvankham Thammavongsa, George Elliott Clarke, and Shapour Shahidi. Now in its 15th year, the ... Read More »

July 3, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Harrison and Ondaatje hit Hamilton

By Q&Q Staff

Booksellers Richard Bachmann and Bryan Prince hosted an event in Hamilton on June 25 featuring CanLit star Michael Ondaatje and American author Jim Harrison. Each of them read from their latest books (Divisadero and Return ... Read More »

June 27, 2007 | Filed under: Events

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