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Alexie, Johnson win top U.S. prizes

The American National Book Awards were bestowed in New York City last night. The big winners were Denis Johnson's Vietnam epic Tree of Smoke for fiction; Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time ... Read More »

November 15, 2007 | Filed under: Awards

Fiction vs. non-, round 2

By Leigh Anne Williams

Not too long ago, author Ken McGoogan argued in The Globe and Mail that non-fiction books get short shrift in our culture, fiction soaking up the glam and all. Now, Globe columnist and novelist Russell ... Read More »

November 15, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Looking for job parity?

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Marketing Associate, Children's Books (Toronto, ON) Publicist (Toronto, ON) Administrative Assistant (Toronto, ON) Print Promotions and Publicity Coordinator (Markham, ON) Book Marketing Coordinator (Toronto, ON) ...more here! Looking to ... Read More »

November 14, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Judith Regan sues News Corp.

By Nathan Whitlock

Judith Regan, former president of HarperCollins' ReganBooks division who was fired last year following her controversial plan to publish O.J. Simpson's If I Did It, is suing HarperCollins' parent company, News Corp., for $100 million ... Read More »

November 14, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Kindersley school reverses ban on book

By Nathan Whitlock

According to a release from Sono Nis Press, author Nikki Tate was relieved to learn that Elizabeth School in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, which had previously banned her children's book Trouble on Tarragon Island, has reversed its ... Read More »

November 14, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Have your say on pricing, parity, and books

By Leigh Anne Williams

Whether you're a bookseller or publisher, we want to hear what you have to say on the pricing issue. What is your house or store doing? What needs to be done industry-wide? Who is benefiting ... Read More »

November 14, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Have your say: day jobs for authors

By Nathan Whitlock

Q&Q is doing some informal research on the best day jobs for authors. What jobs provide the most flexible schedules to accommodate creative writing? What jobs provide the best raw material or inspiration for fiction? ... Read More »

November 13, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Don't tase the locavore, bro!

By Stuart Woods

A litmus test for cultural literacy is whether or not the above sentence makes any sense at all. If not, you'll have to look up "tase" and "locavore" in an upcoming edition of the New ... Read More »

November 13, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Literacy agency fights AIDS

By Stuart Woods

The Toronto Star reports on two Canadian philanthropists who have traveled to Africa to see how their donations to an Ottawa-based literacy agency are being used in the fight against AIDS. Bill Burt and Judy ... Read More »

November 13, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Spider-Man, Superman conquer the Internet

By Stuart Woods

Ever notice that kids these days just aren't into ol' fashioned, ink-and-paper comic books? Well, apparently comics publishers have, and they're worried that new fangled technologies like the Web and video games are diverting kids ... Read More »

November 13, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

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