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Alan Moore’s low-budget home movie

Look up the word "iconoclasm" in the dictionary, and you're likely to find a picture of Alan Moore. One of the U.K.'s most successful writers, Moore has been mythologized since making a splash with his ... Read More »

December 17, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Editing Alice Munro

By Scott MacDonald

In the December issue of Q&Q, Scott MacDonald asks: how do you edit one of the most precise writers working in the English language? According to Alice Munro's long-time U.S. and Canadian editors, even a ... Read More »

December 17, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Books of the Year

Canadian booksellers pick the top crime and mystery books of 2012

By Safa Jinje

Q&Q contacted booksellers across Canada to uncover the most popular crime and mystery ... Read More »

December 13, 2012 | Filed under: Books of the Year, Bookselling

Q&Q readers pick books of the year

By Sue Carter

Last week, Q&Q asked readers to submit their favourite Canadian titles of 2012, and the votes came pouring in. In the fiction category, Tanis Rideout's Above All Things (McClelland & Stewart), about George Mallory's fatal attempt ... Read More »

December 12, 2012 | Filed under: Books of the Year

Canadian booksellers pick the top non-fiction books of 2012

By Safa Jinje

Among Canadian booksellers contacted by Q&Q, there was a general consensus that 2012 was a conservative year for non-fiction. David Worsley, co-owner of Words Worth Books in Waterloo, Ontario, observed: "The big titles are spread out ... Read More »

December 12, 2012 | Filed under: Books of the Year, Bookselling

Byliner to offer print titles, Los Angeles gets its first poet laureate, and more

By Sue Carter

Digital eb00k publisher Byliner to make titles available in print Eloise Klein Healy chosen as Los Angeles' first poet laureate Simon & Schuster signs first ebook retailer contracts post-DoJ settlement Authors who turn themselves into ... Read More »

December 12, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Good news from Canadian booksellers, ebook pricing predictions, and more

By Sue Carter

Canadian booksellers share good news stories Three ebook pricing predictions Mo Yan speaks about humility while wearing a shirt ... Read More »

December 11, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Canadian booksellers pick the top graphic novels of 2012

By Safa Jinje

According to booksellers contacted by Q&Q, graphic novels continue their move into the mainstream. Jason Grimmer, manager of Montreal's Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, says, "People are starting to look at graphic novels as literature." Calum ... Read More »

December 10, 2012 | Filed under: Books of the Year

Ottawa’s Collected Works seeks buyer by Christmas Eve

By Sue Carter

Collected Works, Ottawa's largest independent bookstore, will close in January if a new owner isn't found by Dec. 24. Owner and manager Christopher Smith is selling the business for one dollar. In exchange, the new ... Read More »

December 10, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling

Zadie Smith and Michael Chabon get Joycean, imagining e-reader nostalgia, and more

By Sue Carter

Examining Joycean influences on novels by Zadie Smith, Michael Chabon, and more Comic imagines what e-reader nostalgia will look like in the future The £40,000 Literature Prize secures sponsorship Xu Jun on translation and Chinese literature ... Read More »

December 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

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Alan Moore’s low-budget home movie

Editing Alice Munro

Canadian booksellers pick the top crime and mystery books of 2012

Q&Q readers pick books of the year

Canadian booksellers pick the top non-fiction books of 2012

Byliner to offer print titles, Los Angeles gets its first poet laureate, and more

Good news from Canadian booksellers, ebook pricing predictions, and more

Canadian booksellers pick the top graphic novels of 2012

Ottawa’s Collected Works seeks buyer by Christmas Eve

Zadie Smith and Michael Chabon get Joycean, imagining e-reader nostalgia, and more

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