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McDonald’s becomes U.K.’s biggest retailer of kids’ books

McDonald's is super-sizing the U.K. children's book market by replacing its Happy Meal toys with books. As part of a month-long promotion with HarperCollins, the fast food chain will give out nine million copies of ... Read More »

January 11, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Spring preview 2012: books for young people

By Dory Cerny

In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the spring season's new books. FICTION Spring sees the Canadian launch of Penguin Canada's Razorbill imprint for young readers, and the publishing house is banking on a couple ... Read More »

January 11, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

ACP “mourns the loss” of a national cultural institution

By Sue Carter

The Association of Canadian Publishers has called Random House of Canada's acquisition of McClelland & Stewart the "end of a long and illustrious history of a Canadian cultural institution." In a press release, ACP president ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Random House of Canada acquires sole ownership of M&S

By Stuart Woods

One of Canada's most beloved and respected publishing houses, McClelland & Stewart, has been acquired by its part-owner, Random House of Canada. M&S had been a wholly Canadian-owned company from its inception in 1906 until ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Meet Sean Ohlenkamp, creator of the viral video, The Joy of Books

By Sue Carter

Sean Ohlenkamp's animation of books cavorting in Toronto's Type Books has received over 27,000 hits on YouTube since it was posted yesterday. Quillblog spoke to Ohlenkamp, an art director at Lowe Roche advertising agency, about ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling

Spring preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction

By Natalie Samson

In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the spring season's new books. MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY Revolutionary activity in the Middle East and North Africa has created an appetite for stories about life in these ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Book links roundup: Apple to ship iPad 3 in March; rare Audubon to go for $10 million, and more

By Sue Carter

Apple to ship iPad 3 in March; iPad 4 in October A first edition of a rare Audubon book is yours for $10 million U.S. Popular Halifax secondhand bookstore owner to pack up 25 years ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Gill, Westoll among Charles Taylor Prize nominees

By Stuart Woods

Just as a pair of novels came to dominate the past fall's literary awards season, so too has a pair of non-fiction titles, about tree-planting in the Pacific Northwest and a group of chimps living ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Quillcast episode five: Rosemary Sullivan and Molito

By Sue Carter

Quillcast is a podcast series from Quill & Quire featuring behind-the-scenes conversations with authors and publishing insiders. In this episode, Governor General's Literary Award“winning author and poet Rosemary Sullivan speaks about her first children's book, ... Read More »

January 9, 2012 | Filed under: Quillcast

Repurposing old books (or just reading them)

By Steven W. Beattie

It's not an easy time to be a book. Prey to the depredations of digital books that offer convenience and (theoretical) low cost, the traditional paper-and-ink book is beleaguered and battling cultural irrelevance. So what ... Read More »

January 9, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology, Libraries

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