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Tales of two bookstores

Independent bookstores seem to be getting a lot of lovin' from the media this week, with two different stores receiving full-on profile treatment. First up is Halifax's Frog Hollow Books, profiled in The Globe and ... Read More »

May 2, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

Get yer free comics!!

By Scott MacDonald

In case you hadn't heard, tomorrow (May 3) is the seventh annual Free Comic Book Day, and comic book shops across the country will be handing out gratis goodies to all comers. Torontoist has a ... Read More »

May 2, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling, Events

James Bond, museum piece

By Nathan Whitlock

From CBC.ca: Like Trekkies or Beatles fanatics, James Bond buffs are proud of the factoid retention that comes with their obsessive fandom. Thus, when the Fleming Collection “ an art museum originally endowed by Robert ... Read More »

April 30, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

One last time ’round with James Frey

By Nathan Whitlock

Vanity Fair has an interview with A Million Little Pieces author James Frey “ his first major one since his notorious appearance on Oprah's show in 2006, and his last for a while, at least ... Read More »

April 30, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Everything’s coming up jobs

By Q&Q jobs

Freshest on Q&Q's Job Board: Developmental Editor, ESL Department - Oxford University Press (Don Mills, ON) Part-time Editorial Assistant - Canadian Tax Foundation (595 Bay Street, Suite 1200) Publisher - Social Studies & Humanities - ... Read More »

April 30, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

How to improve lit awards

By Jacob Sheen

From a piece in the North Shore News by Friend of Q&Q Caroline Skelton: If only literary awards could be more like the Grammys. The organizers of that famed event don't seem to give a ... Read More »

April 29, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

The story of &

By Jacob Sheen

In recent weeks, the font nerds over at Hoefler & Frere-Jones have taken readers on an exciting adventure in kerning and answered their burning questions about the origins of the pilcrow. This week, they recount ... Read More »

April 29, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Should books be signed?

By Nathan Whitlock

Q&Q contributor Sarah Weinman outlines her troubles with the whole notion of getting books signed in a blog entry on the Guardian site: The last vestiges of excitement about inscriptions disappeared when I became a ... Read More »

April 28, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Opinion

Toronto’s Humber River bridge gets lit-tagged

By Nathan Whitlock

Non-sequitur graffiti has been the rage in Toronto for a while “ the Val Kilmer faces that showed up a couple of years ago being the most notable example “ but someone recently gave the ... Read More »

April 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: critic saves Nabokov novel, senator saves writer’s home, but nothing could save Duddy Kravitz musical

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Did a Slate critic help save Nabokov's last novel from the flames? (Slate) Ontario senator helps save Joy Kogawa's childhood home (CBC.ca) Duddy Kravitz: The Musical was doomed from the start “ ... Read More »

April 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

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