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Brian Joseph Davis launches I, Tania

Brian Joseph Davis launched his new book, I, Tania (ECW Press), a parodic goof on the Patty Hearst story, at Supermarket in Toronto's Kensington Market on Oct. 10. (Photos courtesy of ECW Press) Poet a. ... Read More »

October 29, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Meet David Chariandy

By Leigh Anne Williams

David Chariandy has pulled off an impressive trick with his novel Soucouyant. The little-known Vancouver author's debut novel, published by Arsenal Pulp Press, was both longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and shortlisted for the ... Read More »

October 25, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Amazon is no (Bibli)oasis

By Leigh Anne Williams

Biblioasis owner Dan Wells has taken on Amazon.ca on his blog, explaining in some detail the frustrations a small publisher faces in trying to deal with the online retailer. Their bureaucracy makes Indigo's seem positively ... Read More »

October 25, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Pure joy for Christine Cushing's Pure Food

By Q&Q Staff

Christine Cushing launched her new cookbook, Pure Food (Whitecap Books), at The Cheese Boutique in Toronto on Sept. 28. (Photos courtesy of DDG Publicity and Marketing) Christine Cushing has a laugh. (As does publicist Debby ... Read More »

October 25, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Launch for Peter Robinson's Friend of the Devil

By Q&Q Staff

McClelland & Stewart launched Peter Robinson's latest mystery, Friend of the Devil, at the Dora Keogh pub in Toronto. A band kept the evening lively and played the Grateful Dead song that inspired the title ... Read More »

October 25, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Everybody's talking about Michael Winter

By Q&Q Staff

For the Toronto launch of Michael Winter's new novel, The Architects Are Here (Penguin Canada), This Is Not A Reading Series arranged an event in which 32 CanLit notables told stories about the author. The ... Read More »

October 25, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Coach House authors in action

By Q&Q Staff

It was a hot time at the Toronto nightclub Stone's Place on Oct. 24, as Coach House Books held its fall launch. Six authors did brief readings, including.... Jessica Westhead (Pulpy and Midge), Greg MacArthur ... Read More »

October 25, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Get a job (Sha na na)

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Book Designer - Owlkids (Toronto) Book Editor - Owlkids (Toronto) Publicist - Dundurn Group (Toronto, ON) Sales & Marketing Manager - Tumbleweed Press Inc. (North Toronto, ON) Administrative Assistant ... Read More »

October 24, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Jailhouse library shelved

By Nathan Whitlock

Joe Fiorito writes in The Toronto Star about a maddening situation at Toronto's Don Jail. For years, Darlene Soares volunteered her time to work as a librarian at the jail – soliciting donations of books, ... Read More »

October 24, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Finance minister makes a pricing example of Harry Potter

By Nathan Whitlock

The publishing industry is once again the unhappy poster child for the difference between U.S. and Canadian retail prices, but this time the complaint is coming not from consumers or booksellers but from federal Finance ... Read More »

October 24, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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