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Using household appliances to promote your book, Miranda July-style

No, this is not some kind of a free draw for a TV, it's Miranda July's homemade website promoting her collection of short stories, No One Belongs Here More Than You, which Scribner is publishing ... Read More »

April 11, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

World's smallest book

By Nathan Whitlock

According to a release from Simon Fraser University, researchers at SFU's Nano Imaging Lab have produced the world's smallest book: The only catch — you'll need a scanning electron microscope to read it. At 0.07 ... Read More »

April 11, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Coming up in the May Q&Q

By Leigh Anne Williams

The May 2007 issue of Quill & Quire is on its way to stores and subscribers now. It features a Science Fiction Spotlight, which includes a cover profile of star SF novelist Robert J. Sawyer, ... Read More »

April 11, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Hey, hey, you, you, I could be your manga star

By Alison Jones

As the L.A. Times reports, today marks Avril Lavigne's foray into the publishing world as the imaginary friend and conscience of an unhappy teenaged girl in a two-volume manga comic. Published by Del Ray, Avril ... Read More »

April 10, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Playing dressup for The Iliad

By Alison Jones

On boingboing.net, designer Larry Knox breaks down the process of creating a cover for The Iliad, which he did right in his own living room. Knox fashioned a spear out of clay and a wooden ... Read More »

April 10, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Fun with press releases (Choose Your Own Adventure edition)

By Leigh Anne Williams

Word is that the much-loved – er, well, much-remembered – Choose Your Own Adventure books are about to relaunch with a new series (with Canadian Manda distributing in Canada). So it only makes sense that ... Read More »

April 5, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Wershler-Henry hits The New Yorker

By Leigh Anne Williams

The latest book by CanLit mainstay Darren Wershler-Henry, The Iron Whim: A Fragmented History of Typing, is reviewed in the latest New Yorker. (The book was published by McClelland & Stewart here in Canada but ... Read More »

April 5, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

New look for library logo

By Alison Jones

Design Edge Canada reports that with the opening of a new main branch building, the North Vancouver District Public Library has revealed a new logo. The blue logo is meant to represent the library's various ... Read More »

April 4, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Literary role models

By Alison Jones

A new literary award for Australian authors has been announced. The Australian Society of Authors established the Barbara Jefferis Award to honour "the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls ... Read More »

April 4, 2007 | Filed under: Awards, Industry news

Timing is everything (Canadian arts funding edition)

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Writers' Union of Canada is organizing a rally in Ottawa later this month to protest the lack of federal arts funding. From the TWUC press release: In conjunction with other arts groups, The Writers’ ... Read More »

April 4, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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Quill and Quire

Using household appliances to promote your book, Miranda July-style

World's smallest book

Coming up in the May Q&Q

Hey, hey, you, you, I could be your manga star

Playing dressup for The Iliad

Fun with press releases (Choose Your Own Adventure edition)

Wershler-Henry hits The New Yorker

New look for library logo

Literary role models

Timing is everything (Canadian arts funding edition)

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