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After the H.B. Fenn collapse: an insider’s perspective

Published in the April 2011 issue of Q&Q A disclosure, to start: I have a vested interest in this story. On Sept. 28, 2010, I watched, devastated, as 11 of my colleagues at Key Porter ... Read More »

March 14, 2011 | Filed under: Industry news, Opinion

Random House Canada acquires new Linden MacIntyre novel

By Sue Carter

Random House Canada has acquired a new novel by Scotiabank Giller Prize“winner Linden MacIntyre. Why Men Lie is the third book in MacIntyre's Cape Breton trilogy, following the lives of the Gillis clan. Its main ... Read More »

March 11, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

Jordan Fenn to helm M&S hockey imprint

By Stuart Woods

McClelland & Stewart today announced the formation of a new hockey-themed imprint to be helmed by Jordan Fenn, the publisher of Fenn Publishing and Key Porter Books. Effective immediately, Fenn joins M&S as publisher of ... Read More »

March 9, 2011 | Filed under: Industry news

Johanna Skibsrud marks several firsts with Giller win

By Scott MacDonald

Johanna Skibsrud, the 30-year-old author of The Sentimentalists, became the youngest winner of the $50,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize on Tuesday night, and publisher Gaspereau Press became the first small press to win the award in ... Read More »

November 10, 2010 | Filed under: Awards, Industry news

Ben McNally survives G20 intact

By Scott MacDonald

Toronto's Ben McNally Books, located near the intersection of Bay and Richmond streets, was caught up in the thick of the G20 mayhem over the weekend, with protesters and police camped out directly in front ... Read More »

June 28, 2010 | Filed under: Industry news

Kids Can moves to new location

By Scott MacDonald

The Toronto-based Kids Can Press has moved from its former Birch Avenue location. The ... Read More »

June 21, 2010 | Filed under: Industry news

Davidar tells his side of the story

By Scott MacDonald

Former Penguin Canada president David Davidar has hit back at claims by ex-employee Lisa Rundle that he had sexually harassed her over a three-year period. Via his lawyer, Peter Downard, Davidar released a lengthy statement ... Read More »

June 21, 2010 | Filed under: Industry news

Portrait of David Davidar as a young man

By Scott MacDonald

While researching the ongoing David Davidar sexual harassment scandal, Q&Q came across an archival newspaper column written by one of his former mentors, the late Indian poet and columnist Dom Moraes. The piece, written in ... Read More »

June 16, 2010 | Filed under: Industry news

M&S restructures; Dinah Forbes, two others laid off

By Scott MacDonald

McClelland & Stewart president and publisher Doug Pepper announced major changes to the company's organizational structure today as part of an attempt to focus its publishing program (and presumably cut costs). The most unfortunate bit ... Read More »

June 15, 2010 | Filed under: Industry news

Toronto Star stakes out Davidar home

By Scott MacDonald

Things just keep getting worse for ex-Penguin Canada president David Davidar. In a surprisingly tabloid-y move, the Toronto Star has staked out Davidar's Deer Park-area house in an attempt to get further comment on the ... Read More »

June 13, 2010 | Filed under: Industry news

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