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Event photos: The Lucky Ones launch

ECW Press launched The Lucky Ones: Our Stories of Adopting Children from China, edited by Ann Rauhala, at an event held at Ryerson University on May 10. (All photos courtesy of ECW Press.) ECW senior ... Read More »

May 14, 2008 | Filed under: Events

Engel’s Benny Cooperman gets a new look

By Shannon Jones

Author Howard Engel's novels starring private investigator Benny Cooperman have been given an updated look and will be revisiting bookstore shelves, Robert Fulford reports in the National Post. Penguin has re-launched the first 11 Cooperman ... Read More »

May 13, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Atwood and Rowling write postcards for charity

By Shannon Jones

The next works from Margaret Atwood and J.K. Rowling won't be page-turners “ they'll be printed on postcards and sold by a major British bookseller named Waterstone's to help raise money as part of the ... Read More »

May 13, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

It wasn’t easy being Fleming

By Scott MacDonald

Spy novelist and Guardian blogger Charles Cumming takes a closer look at the writing-life of James Bond author Ian Fleming, and decides that the myths have overshadowed the truth somewhat. On the face of it, ... Read More »

May 9, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Critics stony towards Angel

By Scott MacDonald

The recent parade of big-budget CanLit film adaptations that began with Emotional Arithmetic and Fugitive Pieces continues this week with the release of The Stone Angel, starring American actress Ellen Burstyn. Not surprisingly, critics are ... Read More »

May 9, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

It’s time for a new job

By Q&Q jobs

Newest on Q&Q's Job Board: Developmental Editor, ESL Department - Oxford University Press (Don Mills, ON) Part-time Editorial Assistant - Canadian Tax Foundation (Toronto, ON) Publisher - Social Studies & Humanities - McGraw-Hill Ryerson (Whitby, ... Read More »

May 7, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Event photos: Paul Quarrington, David Adams Richards, and Emily Perkins in Hamilton

By Nathan Whitlock

Authors Paul Quarrington, David Adams Richards, and Emily Perkins all read and spoke at an event held at the Leander Boat Club in Hamilton, Ontario, Monday, May 5, 2008. The event was hosted by bookseller ... Read More »

May 7, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Events

Trouble continues to brew for ex-commando author

By Nathan Whitlock

From the Toronto Star: It's a tell-all book about an elite military unit the Department of National Defence didn't want published for reasons of national security, and now pointed questions are being raised over whether ... Read More »

May 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Teen pop celebrity, China-style

By Shannon Jones

The New York Times recently reported Guo Jingming to be the most successful writer in China. This may come as a shock to some, but not to star-crazed Chinese teenagers, who flock by the thousands ... Read More »

May 6, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Web to the rescue

By Shannon Jones

In his latest column, David Milofsky, Book Beat author for the Denver Post, says he understands the frustration of authors who are unable to get their books reviewed in local papers. Because a book editor ... Read More »

May 6, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

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