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Conrad Black, cyborg, vs. Jean Chretien, memoirist

At a book signing in Toronto last night, Conrad Black appeared "relaxed and smiling" from his home in Palm Beach, where Black is spending time ahead of sentencing next month in Chicago. Sitting at the ... Read More »

October 16, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Ghetto lit goes mainstream

By Stuart Woods

Possibly the most vital – and certainly the most gratuitous – debate in American letters is occurring almost entirely under the radar. The controversy surrounds a body of work referred to variously as ghetto, urban, ... Read More »

October 16, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Brian Mulroney book-signing

By Q&Q Staff

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney signed books at an event hosted by A Different Drummer Books and Bryan Prince, Bookseller, at Burlington's Royal Botanical Gardens. (Photo courtesy of McClelland & Stewart) Former P.M. Brian Mulroney ... Read More »

October 15, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Gaining employ

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Editorial Co-ordinator - Between The Lines (Toronto, ON) Book Store Manager - Type Books (Toronto, ON) Sales Position - Berryland Books (Canada) Editorial Assistant - James Lorimer & Co. ... Read More »

October 11, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Love letters by CanLit icons are for adults only

By Stuart Woods

Canadian authors are well represented in a book of fictional love letters, titled Four Letter Word, which is being published by Knopf Canada in 2008. Prior to its release, Times Online is inviting readers to ... Read More »

October 11, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Love letters by CanLit icons are for adults only

By Stuart Woods

October 11, 2007

Winners of Scholastic Canada's Kids Are Authors competition

By Q&Q Staff

Students at Highfield Junior School in Toronto won Scholastic Canada's Kids Are Authors competition with their book Counting on Zero. The prize is normally worth $1,000, but for the tenth anniversary of the competition the ... Read More »

October 11, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Doris Lessing captures Nobel Prize in Literature

By Stuart Woods

Doris Lessing is the 2007 Nobel laureate in literature – and only the 11th woman in the prize's 106-year history. Presented this morning in Stockholm, the citation describes Lessing as "that epicist of the female ... Read More »

October 11, 2007 | Filed under: Awards, Industry news

Lost in translation

By Nathan Whitlock

Author Nancy Huston, who was born in Calgary but has lived in Paris for more than 30 years, says in an interview on The Tyee that she thinks hope for humanity lies in translation. "I ... Read More »

October 10, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Hyphen cutbacks

By Nathan Whitlock

While rumours of its demise may be exaggerated or at least premature, about 16,000 hyphens have been eliminated in the new edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, a scaled-down version of the 20-volume OED, ... Read More »

October 10, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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