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Brooklyn one step closer to becoming centre of the universe

Love it or hate it, Brooklyn has long been the stomping ground of young(ish), hip American writers. Now, it seems to be the preferred locale of indie publishers, too. According to New York Times reporter ... Read More »

February 21, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Working nine to five

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Marketing Associate (Contract) - Simon & Schuster Canada (Markham, ON) Publicist & Marketing Coordinator, Hyperion Books (Contract) - HarperCollins Canada (Toronto, ON) Production Co-ordinator - Firefly Books Ltd. (Richmond ... Read More »

February 20, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Bookmarks: Alain Robbe-Grillet is dead, product placement in kids’ books is controversial, and Hollywood often screws authors out of money

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Alain Robbe-Grillet, dead at 85 (Literary Saloon) Two views on product placement in kids' books (The New York Times) Authors often get screwed by Hollywood (Los Angeles Times) Profile of David Poindexter ... Read More »

February 19, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Natalie Portman to adapt Amos Oz

By Scott MacDonald

Possibly encouraged by Sarah Polley's Academy Award-nominated Alice Munro adaptation Away from Her, fellow starlet Natalie Portman has decided to helm her own classy literary adaptation, in this case of a work by Israeli author ... Read More »

February 15, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Harvard delivers blow to academic journals

By Scott MacDonald

Harvard University has adopted a new policy that may jeopardize the future of academic publishing. According to a piece on Bloomberg.com, the school's professors have now been afforded much more leeway to publish their research ... Read More »

February 15, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Photos from 100 years of Anne event

By Q&Q Staff

Penguin Canada held a "100 Years of Anne" launch party at Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum on a snowy Tuesday, February 12, evening. (All photos by Jason Nolan.) Penguin editor Helen Reeves tells about when she ... Read More »

February 15, 2008 | Filed under: Events

Bookmarks: closing libraries, rewarding booksellers, and filming Chabon

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related (but not Valentine's Day-themed, alas) links: Victoria library locks out workers, shuts down all branches (Victoria Times Colonist) California bookseller gets $500k MacArthur grant (MSNBC) The Coen Brothers to filmify Michael Chabon's The ... Read More »

February 14, 2008 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Fresh starts here

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Editorial Assistant (one-year contract) - Penguin Group (Canada) (Toronto, ON) Editorial Assistant - Penguin Group (Canada) (Toronto, ON) National Sales Representative - Emond Montgomery Publications (Yonge & Summerhill, Toronto) ... Read More »

February 14, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Russell Smith, the not-so-reluctant pornographer

By Nathan Whitlock

Just in time for Valentine's Day comes a new book from author, Globe and Mail columnist, and self-appointed fashion pundit Russell Smith. Diana, published by Biblioasis Press, is an erotic novella in diary form. Actually, ... Read More »

February 14, 2008

Luminato unveils literary line-up

By Scott MacDonald

It was a miserably snowy afternoon for a press conference in Toronto yesterday, but Luminato CEO Janice Price soldiered ahead anyway, making a formal announcement of the festival's 2008 literary line-up in front of a ... Read More »

February 13, 2008 | Filed under: Events, Industry news

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