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Cherie Blair's story

Cherie Blair, wife of former British prime minister Tony Blair, has signed a deal with Little, Brown to publish a memoir, The Guardian reports. Cherie Blair: The Autobiography will be "a warm, intimate and often ... Read More »

September 19, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

YA authors at the 2007 Eden Mills Writers' Festival

By Q&Q Staff

A clutch of YA authors read at this year's Eden Mills Writers' Festival on Sept. 8. (Photos by Clare Hitchens/EMWF) Drew Hayden Taylor reads to the crowd, while author Emily Pohl-Weary (in Terminator shades) waits ... Read More »

September 18, 2007 | Filed under: Events

NYTBR cuts back on reviews, expands bestsellers

By Stuart Woods

The New York Times Book Review is revamping its bestsellers lists and cutting back on the number of reviews, reports Crain's New York Business. In the Sept. 23 issue, the NYTBR will launch two separate ... Read More »

September 18, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Richler's film apprenticeship

By Stuart Woods

Charles Foran, writing in The Walrus (subscription required), previews the TV adaptation of Mordecai Richler's St. Urbain's Horseman, which airs Sept. 19 and 20 on CBC. Foran also describes Richler's involvement with the film industry, ... Read More »

September 18, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Rowling comes to Canada

By Nathan Whitlock

Toronto will just have time to catch its starstruck breath after film festival appearances by the likes of Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and George Clooney before a superstar of another order arrives. J.K. Rowling will ... Read More »

September 17, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Flickr photo roundup: Book Camp, Paul Watson, and Other Goose

By Q&Q Staff

Here's a quick roundup of some recent event photos posted in the Q&Q Flickr pool: Photographer Fleur-Ange Lamothe posted a couple of images from Brantford Book Camp 2007. It was a three-day event in mid-August ... Read More »

September 17, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Garden party launch for Hugh Brewster's Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose

By Q&Q Staff

Author Hugh Brewster launched his latest book, Carnation, Lily, Lily Rose (Kids Can Press) in a Rosedale garden, connecting to the book's subject, a painting of little girls in a garden by John Singer Sargent. ... Read More »

September 13, 2007 | Filed under: Events

New in the print Q&Q

By Leigh Anne Williams

Coming soon to a newsstand or mailbox near you is the October 2007 issue of Quill & Quire. Our cover story is a profile of Cape Breton writer D.R. MacDonald. The issue also looks at ... Read More »

September 13, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Reviewing: the long and short of it

By Leigh Anne Williams

Following up on Steve Wasserman's recent essay calling for longer book reviews (previously mentioned on Quillblog), Michael O'Donnell says less is more. In an essay on the book reviewing blog Critical Mass, O'Donnell argues that ... Read More »

September 13, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

He's back: HarperCollins buys Frey novel

By Leigh Anne Williams

Disgraced memoirist James Frey – who was made a star when Oprah Winfrey chose his book A Million Little Pieces for her book club, then humiliated when she berated him for embellishing the facts in ... Read More »

September 13, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

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Quill and Quire

Cherie Blair's story

YA authors at the 2007 Eden Mills Writers' Festival

NYTBR cuts back on reviews, expands bestsellers

Richler's film apprenticeship

Rowling comes to Canada

Flickr photo roundup: Book Camp, Paul Watson, and Other Goose

Garden party launch for Hugh Brewster's Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose

New in the print Q&Q

Reviewing: the long and short of it

He's back: HarperCollins buys Frey novel

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