The International Festival of Authors has just announced the preliminary lineup for this year's edition, which will mark the festival's 30th anniversary. (In the press release, the festival is dubbed "IFOA XXX," which suggests the ... Read More »
While the publishing industry frets about Google's looming supremacy over the written word, Google itself just continues on its merry way, scanning books and fine-tuning the presentation of them. Yesterday, Google announced a number of ... Read More »
June 19, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news
John Freeman, the new acting editor of Granta magazine, weighs in on the state of litmags in an article in today's Independent. Interestingly, the piece begins by looking at the recent blow dealt to litmags ... Read More »
June 19, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news
Dear Readers, Quill & Quire would like to announce that Stuart Woods, who has been a staff member of Q&Q for two years, has recently transitioned into the role of editor. Stuart was hired as ... Read More »
June 18, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
The National Post points us to a story in ADN Kronos about Persepolis author (and director of the film version) Marjane Satrapi's efforts to expose what many believe was an enormous electoral fraud in last ... Read More »
June 17, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
A lot of bookish types were annoyed when rapper, producer, professional spoilt brat, and now author Kanye West claimed to be a "proud non-reader" in a recent interview. We're guessing, however, that more than a ... Read More »
June 17, 2009 | Filed under: Authors
Grumpy Bird author/illustrator Jeremy Tankard recently chatted with Sonja Bolle of the Los Angeles Times. Here are some highlights: SB: Is Grumpy Bird based on anyone in your life? JT: I'd probably be in trouble ... Read More »
June 17, 2009 | Filed under: Authors
Over the past few weeks, the Ontario-based publisher Biblioasis has been running a contest called Revenge Lit, in which authors were invited to submit 250-word tales about the murder of a literary critic. (The contest ... Read More »
June 17, 2009
Youth and inexperience won the day in the English-language categories of the 22nd annual Trillium Book Awards luncheon, which took place earlier this afternoon in Toronto. The $20,000 English Book Award went to The Withdrawal ... Read More »
June 16, 2009 | Filed under: Awards
Prolific children's author Robert Munsch will join Margaret Atwood and Pierre Berton to become the third author among the 124 members of Canada's Walk of Fame in September. The announcement from Canada's Walk of Fame ... Read More »
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