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Toronto Book Awards

Michael Redhill's novel Consolation was the winner at this year's Toronto Book Awards presented at the Toronto Reference Library. (Photos by Michaela Cornell) Sally Gibson, whose book Inside Toronto was shortlisted, is congratulated by David ... Read More »

September 6, 2007 | Filed under: Awards, Events

Surviving the MFA

By Leigh Anne Williams

On the Dooney's Cafe site, John Harris offers a survey of the career of Canadian author Robert Harlow, who was also the head of UBC's creative writing program. The piece argues that too much exposure ... Read More »

September 6, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

The dawn of e-books, no, really, for sure this time

By Leigh Anne Williams

The New York Times looks at a couple of new e-book platforms set to launch soon. One of them is Amazon's Kindle, which "will be priced at $400 to $500 and will wirelessly connect to ... Read More »

September 6, 2007

Make every day a Labour Day

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: General Manager - Wordfest: Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival (Calgary, AB) Associate Editor, Travel - John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. (Toronto (Etobicoke)) Designer - Key Porter (Toronto, ON) Production ... Read More »

September 5, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Tales from The Man Who Forgot How to Read

By Nathan Whitlock

Novelist Howard Engel's latest book, The Man Who Forgot How to Read (HarperCollins Canada), is not one of the Benny Cooperman mysteries for which he has become known. It is a memoir of the 2001 ... Read More »

September 5, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Arthur Miller's untold story

By Nathan Whitlock

Despite all the fame and publicity in Arthur Miller's life, the story of his son Daniel – who was born with Down-syndrome, institutionalized as an infant, and essentially cut out of the family – remained ... Read More »

September 5, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

The very model of a modern author website

By Leigh Anne Williams

Authors and publishers who are still wondering what kind of information they should be putting on this thing called the Internet should take a look at the website D.F. Bailey has built for his new ... Read More »

August 30, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

CanLit galore at Toronto's film fest

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off next week, and the lineup features a healthy array of CanLit tie-ins. There's already been much ballyhoo about Jeremy Podeswa's adaptation of Anne Michaels' Fugitive Pieces, and about ... Read More »

August 30, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Jobs for Everyone

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Associate Editor, Travel - John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. (Toronto (Etobicoke)) Designer - Key Porter (Toronto, ON) Production Manager - Random House of Canada (Toronto) Sales and Marketing ... Read More »

August 29, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

You can't take it with you

By Nathan Whitlock

Alastair Campbell's memoir The Blair Years, about his work as communications chief for former British prime minister Tony Blair, has topped a list he would probably rather it hadn't. The hotel chain Travelodge reports that ... Read More »

August 29, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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