In introducing the jury for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize, founder Jack Rabinovitch told a crowd of media and publishing professionals assembled in Toronto that this year's crop of nominees "dignifies world literature, not only ... Read More »
Publishers and other industry stakeholders reacted with predictable dismay when Indigo Books & Music announced changes to its product mix earlier this year, decreasing floorspace for books in favour of lifestyle products and giftware. However, ... Read More »
October 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling
The notoriously secretive folks in Sweden are rumoured to be releasing the name of the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature recipient later this week. Although the selection process is veiled in mystery (no shortlist of ... Read More »
October 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories include an inside look at Cedella Marley's new picture book, One Love, and a guide ... Read More »
October 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
On Sept. 29, Evan Munday launched his first YA novel, The Dead Kid Detective Agency (ECW Press), at No One Writes to the Colonel in Toronto. Munday, who was soliciting "deadly"-titled songs on Twitter for ... Read More »
September 30, 2011 | Filed under: Events
In a short six years, the NY Art Book Fair, which runs from Sept. 30“Oct. 2 at MOMA PS1, has established itself as the biggest event of its kind in the world. Founded in 2006 ... Read More »
September 29, 2011 | Filed under: Events
This morning, at the press conference announcing the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize shortlist, juror Rabindranath Maharaj told Q&Q, Four out of five people on this list aren't recognizable names in Canadian literature. I don't ... Read More »
September 28, 2011 | Filed under: Awards
An impressive crowd of more than 4,000 bibliophiles attended the third Kingston WritersFest, which kicked off Sept. 22 with a sold-out theatre eager to listen to J.M. Coetzee. The South African“born literary icon also brought ... Read More »
Emphasizing accessibility and innovation over past literary laurels, the jury for this year's Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize has put the spotlight on a mostly younger generation of authors who aren't quite household names “ ... Read More »
September 28, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Canadian film director Clément Virgo (Poor Boy's Game, Lie With Me) is developing an adaptation of Lawrence Hill's bestseller, The Book of Negroes, to begin shooting next year. Hill's publisher, HarperCollins Canada, sold the film ... Read More »
September 28, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
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