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Reviewers as endangered polliwogs

David Kipen, a former book reviewer for the San Francisco Chronicle, has joined the battle to save newspaper book review sections from cutbacks and possible extinction with an essay on Salon.com. Kipen argues that the ... Read More »

May 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Too many books?

By Nathan Whitlock

Design Observer has an interesting essay by Alice Twemlow of the School of Visual Arts in New York contemplating the sheer abundance of books now being produced. According to the Mexican critic Gabriel Zaid, writing ... Read More »

May 9, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

New in the June Q&Q

By Leigh Anne Williams

Watch for the June 2007 issue of Quill & Quire in stores or in your mailbox imminently. It features a cover profile of Gil Adamson, House of Anansi Press's latest debut novelist, as well as ... Read More »

May 9, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Coach House Books Spring Launch

By Q&Q Staff

Coach House Books brought writers, editors and readers together at Toronto club Revival. (All photos by Julia Gotz.) Coach House publisher Stan Bevington with a twinkle in his eye. Nicole Brossard and Rachel Zolf reading. ... Read More »

May 4, 2007 | Filed under: Events

B.C. Book Prize winners

By Q&Q Staff

B.C.'s literati gathered at a gala ceremony on April 28 at Victoria's Government House to honour the winners and nominees of this year's B.C. Book Prizes. (Photos by Sharon Bradley) Sarah Ellis accepts the Sheila ... Read More »

May 4, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Anansi's poetry bash

By Q&Q Staff

House of Anansi Press held its annual poetry launch on April 19 at CoupeSpace, the east-end-Toronto studio of designer Bill Douglas, who frequently does work for Anansi. (Photos by Sharon Harris.) The scene at CoupeSpace, ... Read More »

May 3, 2007 | Filed under: Events

We are stardust, we are golden

By Leigh Anne Williams

As reported on Q&Q Omni, the lineup for the BOOKED! author festival has been officially released, following a leak earlier this week. The Globe and Mail reported on the announcement today as well, focusing, naturally ... Read More »

May 3, 2007 | Filed under: Events

When Levitin met Byrne

By Leigh Anne Williams

Daniel Levitin, the McGill University professor of neuroscience and music and author of the 2006 book This Is Your Brain on Music (Dutton/Penguin), converses with former Talking Head and rock renaissance man David Byrne for ... Read More »

May 3, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

The future of bookchat

By Leigh Anne Williams

In The New York Times, arts reporter Motoko Rich uses the recent contraction of mainstream book review coverage as a springboard to discuss ye olde Blogs vs Newspapers debate. To some authors and critics, [review ... Read More »

May 3, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Garden labyrinth to honour Carol Shields

By Nathan Whitlock

CBC.ca reports that Carol Shields’ family and friends gathered in a Winnipeg park on Monday for an official sod-turning ceremony, kicking off the creation of a garden labyrinth in the author’s honour. When it is ... Read More »

May 2, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Events

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Quill and Quire

Reviewers as endangered polliwogs

Too many books?

New in the June Q&Q

Coach House Books Spring Launch

B.C. Book Prize winners

Anansi's poetry bash

We are stardust, we are golden

When Levitin met Byrne

The future of bookchat

Garden labyrinth to honour Carol Shields

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