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LongPen goes digital as iDoLVine

Margaret Atwood's LongPen has gone digital in its latest iteration as iDoLVine's LiveSign. According to Matthew Gibson, president and co-founder at iDoLVine and president and CTO at Syngrafii, the tech company responsible for creating and ... Read More »

May 17, 2011 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Book links round-up: Christopher Hitchens on Osama Bin Laden, hard days for librarians, and more

By Sue Carter

Christopher Hitchens calls Noam Chomsky's essay on Osama Bin Laden stupid, offers his own perspective in a Kindle Single essay Los Angeles librarians justify their jobs in a court-like setting Less than 10 per cent ... Read More »

May 16, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Behind the scenes with D&M Publishers’ award-winning design team

By Sue Carter

In April, the design team for D&M Publishers swept the annual Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada, receiving 13 prizes in total. In the June issue of Q&Q, the team discusses ... Read More »

May 13, 2011 | Filed under: Industry news

Canadian literary event round-up: May 13-19

By Sue Carter

Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week: Caroline Woodward launches Penny Loves Wade, Wade Loves Penny, Pages Books on Kensington, Calgary (May 13, 7:30 p.m., ... Read More »

May 13, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Egypt’s publishing industry picks up the pieces post-uprising

By Natalie Samson

The mass protests in Egypt's Tahrir Square that led to the overthrow of the Mubarak regime and sparked a complete overhaul of the country's social and political systems, also, unsurprisingly, prompted the cancellation of this ... Read More »

May 13, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: shuttering school libraries, desperately seeking Steinbeck, and more

By Natalie Samson

The Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board is laying off 39 school librarians and closing its libraries Go the Fuck to Sleep, the bedtime book for sleep-deprived parents, hits number one spot on Amazon bestseller a ... Read More »

May 13, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: a bid for Borders, a new Harper Lee doc, and more

By Jason Spencer

Has there been a bid for Borders? Celebrities make appearances in the new Harper Lee documentary, but the reclusive writer doesn't French publishers sue Google for scanning books without permission Walk this way toward a ... Read More »

May 12, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Miriam Toews receives Order of Manitoba

By Sue Carter

Steinbach, Manitoba“born Miriam Toews, author of the Governor General's Literary Award“winning A Complicated Kindness and the newly released Irma Voth, is one of 12 people receiving the Order of Manitoba this year. Presented by lieutenant-governor ... Read More »

May 12, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Hilary Weston teams up with Writers’ Trust to create Canada’s richest non-fiction prize

By Stuart Woods

The Writers' Trust of Canada has found a new sponsor for its non-fiction prize, giving a big financial boost “ and adding a dash of celebrity “ to the annual award. The Writers' Trust announced ... Read More »

May 11, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: Sarah Palin is not one of the Common people, Random House U.K. signs to agency model, and more

By Sue Carter

Sarah Palin creates outrage over the White House inviting rapper Common to its Evening of Poetry Random House U.K. signs to agency model, with over 6,000 titles to appear in the iBookstore E-bookseller iFlow shuts ... Read More »

May 11, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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LongPen goes digital as iDoLVine

Book links round-up: Christopher Hitchens on Osama Bin Laden, hard days for librarians, and more

Behind the scenes with D&M Publishers’ award-winning design team

Canadian literary event round-up: May 13-19

Egypt’s publishing industry picks up the pieces post-uprising

Book links round-up: shuttering school libraries, desperately seeking Steinbeck, and more

Book links round-up: a bid for Borders, a new Harper Lee doc, and more

Miriam Toews receives Order of Manitoba

Hilary Weston teams up with Writers’ Trust to create Canada’s richest non-fiction prize

Book links round-up: Sarah Palin is not one of the Common people, Random House U.K. signs to agency model, and more

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