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Davidar tells his side of the story

Former Penguin Canada president David Davidar has hit back at claims by ex-employee Lisa Rundle that he had sexually harassed her over a three-year period. Via his lawyer, Peter Downard, Davidar released a lengthy statement ... Read More »

June 21, 2010 | Filed under: Industry news

Nobel Prize“winner Saramago dies at 87

By Steven W. Beattie

The Associated Press is reporting that José Saramago, the only Portuguese writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, has died at age 87. Born in 1922, the author left his job as a metalworker ... Read More »

June 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Stacey May Fowles locates a “silver lining” in the Davidar affair

By Steven W. Beattie

Earlier this week, Quillblog linked to a blog post about an anonymous blogger's experience with sexual harassment in the workplace. That post has since gone on to get read, retweeted, linked, and even picked up ... Read More »

June 17, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Another debut novel wins IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

By Stuart Woods

For the third year in a row, the winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the world's richest fiction prize, is a debut novelist. Dutch writer Gerbrand Bakker (and translator David Colmer) accepted the â‚¬100,000 ... Read More »

June 17, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Margaret Atwood among Edinburgh book fest headliners

By Stuart Woods

Margaret Atwood is one of the big-name authors set to appear at this year's revamped Edinburgh International Book Festival, which takes place Aug. 14“30. In a cross-festival program with the Edinburgh film festival, Atwood will ... Read More »

June 17, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: Russian book seized; Moleskine meets Kindle; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Not a lot going on out there today, but here's a few things: Russian police seize 100,000 anti-Putin books Today in book theft: man in tweed systematically loots U.K. library; rare book dealer heads to ... Read More »

June 17, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Portrait of David Davidar as a young man

By Scott MacDonald

While researching the ongoing David Davidar sexual harassment scandal, Q&Q came across an archival newspaper column written by one of his former mentors, the late Indian poet and columnist Dom Moraes. The piece, written in ... Read More »

June 16, 2010 | Filed under: Industry news

Daily book biz round-up: Sheila Heti praised; Sir Fartsalot dissed; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Book news from around the Web: An alternate "20 Under 40," this one including Sheila Heti Austria partners with Google ... Read More »

June 16, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

M&S restructures; Dinah Forbes, two others laid off

By Scott MacDonald

McClelland & Stewart president and publisher Doug Pepper announced major changes to the company's organizational structure today as part of an attempt to focus its publishing program (and presumably cut costs). The most unfortunate bit ... Read More »

June 15, 2010 | Filed under: Industry news

Daily book biz round-up: Neil Gaiman’s Spawn; library books with mayo; and more

By Scott MacDonald

News bites: Publishers call new Amazon "Levels of Service" plan "extortion" Harlequin signs deal with Russian publisher Little, Brown launches new imprint: Mulholland Drive In hopes of landing lucrative legal settlement, Neil Gaiman admits to ... Read More »

June 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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Davidar tells his side of the story

Nobel Prize“winner Saramago dies at 87

Stacey May Fowles locates a “silver lining” in the Davidar affair

Another debut novel wins IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

Margaret Atwood among Edinburgh book fest headliners

Daily book biz round-up: Russian book seized; Moleskine meets Kindle; and more

Portrait of David Davidar as a young man

Daily book biz round-up: Sheila Heti praised; Sir Fartsalot dissed; and more

M&S restructures; Dinah Forbes, two others laid off

Daily book biz round-up: Neil Gaiman’s Spawn; library books with mayo; and more

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