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Canadian booksellers pick the top cookbooks of 2012

According to booksellers contacted by Q&Q, cookbooks that focus on ingredient-based specialty cooking have made a major resurgence. Mika Bareket of Toronto's Good Egg says, "Some of the biggest and best books of the year ... Read More »

December 7, 2012 | Filed under: Books of the Year, Bookselling

Early Christmas present for Random House employees, Mo Yan comments on censorship, and more

By Safa Jinje

Random House employees receive $5,000 Christmas bonus Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan says censorship is necessary Is the book always better than the film? New Whitney Houston biography tells the story of her rise to ... Read More »

December 7, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Drawn & Quarterly’s recipe for success, fake deaths in literature, and more

By Safa Jinje

Drawn & Quarterly's success in a tough publishing market Comedy writer David Nobbs on faked deaths in literature Great novels that received terrible reviews The book that taught Kurt Vonnegut about sex Hachette Book Group ... Read More »

December 6, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Books of the year: it’s your turn

By Sue Carter

Q&Q reviewers, editors, and Canadian booksellers have all weighed in with their picks for the top books of 2012. Now it's your turn. Tell us your favourite Canadian titles of the year and we'll share ... Read More »

December 5, 2012 | Filed under: Books of the Year

Harlequin and Cosmopolitan partner to create erotic ebook series, David Foster Wallace’s personal dictionary, and more

By Safa Jinje

Harlequin and Cosmo team to create bi-monthly erotic short-story series Fragments from David Foster Wallace's personal dictionary Charles Dickens Museum reopens after ... Read More »

December 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Nancy Huston beats Tom Wolfe for Bad Sex in Fiction Award

By Sue Carter

Calgary-born novelist Nancy Huston has won the 20th annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award for her novel Infrared (McArthur & Company), about a photographer who takes photos of her lovers' bodies using an infrared camera. ... Read More »

December 5, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Kim Thuy makes Man Asian Literary Prize longlist

By Sue Carter

Quebec author Kim Thuy and Toronto novelist Musharraf Ali Farooqi are longlisted for this year's 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize.* Thuy's debut novel, Ru, was first published in 2009 by Quebec's Libre Expression, winning the ... Read More »

December 4, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Charles Taylor Prize names 2013 longlist

By Sue Carter

It's a good day for Modris Eksteins and Robert Fowler, who today were both nominated for the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-fiction and the B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-fiction. Eksteins and Fowler are joined ... Read More »

December 4, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Candace Savage, Modris Eksteins make shortlist for B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-fiction

By Sue Carter

Personal memoirs dominate the shortlist for the 2013 B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-fiction. Selected from a longlist of 10 titles, this year's finalists includes Modris Eksteins and Robert Fowler, who today were both nominated ... Read More »

December 4, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

J.K. Rowling’s Casual Vacancy to be adapted for television, the legality of selling used books, and more

By Safa Jinje

The Casual Vacancy to be dramatized for a BBC television series Could selling a used book become illegal in the U.S.? Writer Elisabeth de Mariaffi shares her favourite erotic reads Powell's Books in Portland creates ... Read More »

December 4, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

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Canadian booksellers pick the top cookbooks of 2012

Early Christmas present for Random House employees, Mo Yan comments on censorship, and more

Drawn & Quarterly’s recipe for success, fake deaths in literature, and more

Books of the year: it’s your turn

Harlequin and Cosmopolitan partner to create erotic ebook series, David Foster Wallace’s personal dictionary, and more

Nancy Huston beats Tom Wolfe for Bad Sex in Fiction Award

Kim Thuy makes Man Asian Literary Prize longlist

Charles Taylor Prize names 2013 longlist

Candace Savage, Modris Eksteins make shortlist for B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-fiction

J.K. Rowling’s Casual Vacancy to be adapted for television, the legality of selling used books, and more

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