Toronto's Type Books is already known for its wonderful window displays, but this animated ... Read More »
January 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling
In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the spring season's new books. NOVELS Vincent Lam won the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his debut, the short-story collection Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures. His follow-up is ... Read More »
"During the first weeks of spring 1974, when Jingqiu was still at senior high school, she and three other students were selected to take part in a project to compile a new school textbook." So ... Read More »
January 9, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news
It looks like Canadian book retailers will have some bright red competition next year. Toronto Life reports that U.S. big-box giant Target has confirmed the locations of its first 24 stores in Canada. All are ... Read More »
January 6, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling
Just days after Quillblog reported on the troubles facing two Toronto independent bookstores comes word that Little Italy's Dragon Lady Comics is closing its doors. Torontoist writes: According to manager Joe Kilmartin, a combination of ... Read More »
January 5, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling
Popular PEI writer and comedian Patrick Ledwell spends a lot of time onstage, and now he's turning to his audiences to help fund his first book. I Am an Islander, a collection of sketches, rants, ... Read More »
January 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology
Last week, Governor General David Johnston announced that he will appoint prolific children's writer Tim Wynne-Jones an Officer of the Order of Canada. Wynne-Jones has written more than 25 books, twice received the Governor General's ... Read More »
What does an acclaimed online literary magazine do when in need of funds? If you're Joyland, the short fiction "hub" founded by Emily Schultz and Brian Joseph Davis, one answer is to embrace a cutting-edge ... Read More »
January 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology
Independent bookstores fight Amazon by becoming publishers Christopher Hitchens' last Vanity Fair essay discusses Charles Dickens' inner child Barnes & Noble looks to sell publishing arm and spin off Nook division Topographical sculptures carved out ... Read More »
January 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
Sarah Polley is one step closer to bringing Margaret Atwood's 1996 novel Alias Grace to the big screen. According to the Canadian Press, Polley's adaptation of the Giller Prize“winning book is one of 29 scripts ... Read More »
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