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The long look back: BEA

On the eve of BookExpo Canada (or "BEA Canada," as it was called in today's Publishers Lunch), why not look back into the mists of time to the three-weeks-ago BookExpo America?The Seattle weekly The Stranger ... Read More »

June 8, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Seeking the Sacred launch

By Sara Forsyth

On June 7, new Toronto indie Type Books hosted the launch of Seeking the Sacred: Leading a Spiritual Life in ... Read More »

June 7, 2006 | Filed under: Events

Poetry book launched atop Mt. Everest

By Cassandra Drudi

Publishers can be counted on to come up with some pretty gimmicky promotional stunts every once in a while, but few can reach the go-big-or-go-home moxie of Shuvatara International School English Department head Wangdi Gyalpo, ... Read More »

June 7, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Internet shanks apostrophes and hyphens

By Cassandra Drudi

An article in today's Toronto Star tolls doom and gloom for the future of punctuation, laying blame at the feet of the Internet and its evil minions of Google, instant messengers, e-mail, text messaging, and ... Read More »

June 7, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Free digital books for all!

By Cassandra Drudi

With the extortion-esque prices of books these days, it always feels good to stick it to the Man and grab a good deal on a read. And what better deal than free? Book lovers everywhere ... Read More »

June 6, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

The Graduate author graduates to a sequel… 40 years later

By Cassandra Drudi

Sure, we gripe about the gaps between our fave authors masterpieces, but few can come close to the four decades The Graduate author Charles Webb has made us endure, waiting to find out what happened ... Read More »

June 6, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Canadian writers aren't cool enough for TV

By Cassandra Drudi

Global TV debuted its new series The Jane Show last night, and man, was it terrible. First of all, it's a Canadian sitcom, two words that strike fear in the hearts of TV-lovers everywhere. And ... Read More »

June 2, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized

The Griffin Poetry Prize

By Q&Q Staff

Photos from the cocktail party, ceremony and dancing at the Griffin Poetry Prize ceremony. (Photos by Tom Sandler.) Canadian poet Erin Moure, nominated for Little Theatres, eschews the Fosbury flop on this high jump over ... Read More »

June 1, 2006 | Filed under: Events

Brontë's ass almost got sued

By Cassandra Drudi

The L.A. Times featured a Reuters story yesterday that revealed that Charlotte Brontë might have come thiiiis close to buckling under calls of libel, with recently unearthed letters implying that "somewhere, tucked away in a ... Read More »

May 31, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Original soccer tell-all to hit shelves

By Cassandra Drudi

Last autumn, Melvyn Bragg, Lord of Wigton (his name makes us titter), presided over the British television series 12 Books That Changed The World, giving shout-outs to Blighty faves like the Magna Carta, the King ... Read More »

May 31, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

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The long look back: BEA

Seeking the Sacred launch

Poetry book launched atop Mt. Everest

Internet shanks apostrophes and hyphens

Free digital books for all!

The Graduate author graduates to a sequel… 40 years later

Canadian writers aren't cool enough for TV

The Griffin Poetry Prize

Brontë's ass almost got sued

Original soccer tell-all to hit shelves

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