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Book links roundup: Jennifer Egan’s writing life, Brick Books redesigns website, and more

Jennifer Egan talks to Paper Mag about her Pulitzer Prize, writing, and her awful temp jobs Brick Books launches new website Russell Smith finds this year's lack of a Pulitzer Prize for fiction no big deal Leo McKay ... Read More »

April 26, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Update: Hachette, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins to modify agency agreements in U.S.

By Stuart Woods

Publishers Lunch reports that the three publishers opting to settle the antitrust lawsuit launched today by the U.S. Department of Justice have agreed to drop the agency model for a period of two years. However, ... Read More »

April 11, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

U.K. and U.S. celebrate World Book Night; plans for a Canadian version in the works

By Steven W. Beattie

Just Kids by Patti Smith. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Q Is for Quarry by Sue Grafton. While these books may appear to have little in common, ... Read More »

April 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Book links roundup: Encyclopaedia Britannica sales boom, Kindle’s lending library expands, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Last call for Encyclopaedia Britannica's print edition boosts sales Kindle Owners' Lending Library boasts 100,000 titles German Nobel laureate GÃ¼nter Grass pens poem about Israel's threat to world peace Salty Ink interviews poet Kerri Cull about her new collection, ... Read More »

April 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Karaoke fiction, Lolita redesigned, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Are online video readings becoming karaoke fiction? 15 redesigns of Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita Children's book authors Patrick Lews and Jane ... Read More »

March 8, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Kobo design update, writers favourite love poems, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Preview Kobo's next iOS app update The Guardian asks Jeanette Winterson, A.S. Byatt, and other writers to share their favourite love poems Despite tattooing the word "patience" on her body, novelist Stacey May Fowles can ... Read More »

February 13, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Robert Lepage’s creative alchemy

By Sarah Greene

This feature by Sarah Greene appeared in the November 2011 issue of Q&Q. Robert Lepage's impressive artistic career spans theatre, film, and opera, and includes stints as designer and director for Cirque du Soleil and ... Read More »

January 26, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Book covers of the year 2011

By Q&Q Staff

When choosing covers of the year, the book designers Q&Q polled considered art, typography, layout, and meaning in their decisions. Allison Baggio's Girl in Shades, Johanna Skibsrud's This Will Be Difficult To Explain and Other ... Read More »

December 2, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Books of the Year

Atwood to mentor emerging writer in Rolex arts program

By Natalie Samson

Thanks to Rolex, one lucky writer will get the chance to become Margaret Atwood's protege. On Monday, the Rolex Mentor and Protege Arts Initiative revealed its list of arts professionals who will serve as mentors ... Read More »

November 18, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Seth wins Harbourfront Festival Prize

By Natalie Samson

Organizers at the International Festival of Authors have named cartoonist and graphic novelist Seth the winner of the 2011 Harbourfront Festival Prize. The $10,000 prize honours an individual whose work has substantially contributed to the ... Read More »

September 21, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

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Search Results by tag: design

Book links roundup: Jennifer Egan’s writing life, Brick Books redesigns website, and more

Update: Hachette, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins to modify agency agreements in U.S.

U.K. and U.S. celebrate World Book Night; plans for a Canadian version in the works

Book links roundup: Encyclopaedia Britannica sales boom, Kindle’s lending library expands, and more

Book links roundup: Karaoke fiction, Lolita redesigned, and more

Book links roundup: Kobo design update, writers favourite love poems, and more

Robert Lepage’s creative alchemy

Book covers of the year 2011

Atwood to mentor emerging writer in Rolex arts program

Seth wins Harbourfront Festival Prize

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