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Conrad Black writes from the belly of the beast

The currently incarcerated Conrad Black has written a review of Rick Perlstein's book Nixonland in the New York newspaper The Sun. (There's only so much time you can spend in the weight room.) Nixon was ... Read More »

June 19, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Shrink rap

By Sara Forsyth

Raj Persaud, Britain's celebrity psychiatrist and media darling, is on trial for what the Guardian is calling "blatant cribs" in his 2003 book From the Edge of the Couch. Persaud is accused of passing off ... Read More »

June 18, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Moving on up

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Account Manager, Educational Library Market - Library Services Center (Kitchener, ON) Manager, Sales - CNIB (Toronto, Ontario) School & Library Sales Representative - Firefly Books Ltd. (Richmond Hill) Supply ... Read More »

June 18, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Event photos: Jailbreaks Toronto launch

By Nathan Whitlock

Jailbreaks: 99 Canadian Sonnets (Biblioasis), an anthology put together by poet and Q&Q contributor Zachariah Wells, had its Toronto launch on June 11 at the I.V. Lounge. Readers at the launch included Al Moritz, Shane ... Read More »

June 18, 2008 | Filed under: Events

Bookmarks: Linwood Barclay, eating in the library, and why we read things online

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Linwood Barclay novel gets the Richard and Judy nod (CBC.ca) Toronto lifts ban on eating in the library (CBC.ca) The attraction of online reading explained (Slate) The world's most expensive books (Granta) ... Read More »

June 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

September song for BookExpo Canada in 2009? Have your say

By Q&Q Staff

An idea that's been tossed around for the past couple of years got another push today, as BookExpo Canada owner Reed Exhibition Companies unveiled a proposal to move the convention and trade show to the ... Read More »

June 16, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Quotes from the top

By Q&Q Staff

A Monday morning panel discussion at BookExpo Canada, dubbed "View from the Top," drew more than 60 attentive spectators. Moderated by Globe and Mail arts writer James Adams, the panel included four Canadian publishing execs ... Read More »

June 16, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Photos: Monday at BEC, part 3

By Q&Q Staff

One of the highlights of Monday afternoon was a Prince-themed dance party at the Thomas Allen & Son Simon & Schuster Canada booth, complete with DJ and purple-shirted staff. Also below: Nino "Dreamboat" Ricci, Tina ... Read More »

June 16, 2008 | Filed under: Events

Photos: Monday at BEC, part 2

By Q&Q Staff

One of the stranger booth offerings was a liquid tomato salad, served in a test tube, courtesy of chef Olaf Mertens and John Wiley & Sons Canada. Erin Kelly is in the kitchen lending a ... Read More »

June 16, 2008 | Filed under: Events

Photos: Monday at BEC, part 1

By Q&Q Staff

Our Q&Q camera crew were on the BookExpo Canada show floor again on Monday. In this set: Giles Blunt, Jean Little, Lesley Choyce, Linda Holeman, the Lonely Planet free-for-all, Dorothy Hearst, Marc CÃ´té, Tosca Reno, ... Read More »

June 16, 2008 | Filed under: Events

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