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Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories include a tribute to Apple and plenty of Thanksgiving recipes. Grace Kelly gets the royal ... Read More »

October 8, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

CLA kicks off Canadian Library Month

By Natalie Samson

The Canadian Library Association kicked off Canadian Library Month on Tuesday. Throughout the month of October, libraries across the country will host events to raise awareness about the importance of libraries in the nation's communities. ... Read More »

October 5, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events, Libraries

TPL union names winners of lunch with Atwood contest

By Natalie Samson

The Toronto Public Library Workers Union has announced the winners of its "Why My Library Matters to Me" personal essay contest. Each of the 44 winners will have lunch and tour a local literary landmark ... Read More »

September 15, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Goderich bookstores and library pick up pieces in wake of tornado

By Vanessa Brown

Vanessa Brown, reporter for the Huron Expositor, toured the damage caused by Sunday's tornado in Goderich, Ontario: Three of four bookstores in Goderich, Ontario, along with the town's public library, remain cordoned off by police ... Read More »

August 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Toronto mayor Rob Ford knows lots of B words

By Sue Carter

Although Margaret Atwood didn't attend Thursday night's marathon Toronto city council executive meeting to address the city's budget deliberations, she was there in spirit and in swag (scroll down the Torontoist's impressive live blog to ... Read More »

July 29, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Governor General’s Award winner Gloria Sawai dies at 78

By Steven W. Beattie

Quillblog was saddened to learn of the death of Gloria Sawai last Wednesday. The Alberta writer, whose single book, the short-story collection A Song for Nettie Johnson, beat out Carol Shields' Unless and Wayne Johnston's ... Read More »

July 25, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Writers’ Union of Canada sponsors book drive for Slave Lake Library

By Sue Carter

The Writers' Union of Canada is sponsoring a drive to replace books for the Slave Lake Library, which was destroyed during the devastating northern Alberta forest fires. The library still needs new titles, published within ... Read More »

July 13, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Timothy Leary’s papers find a home at the New York Public Library

By Steven W. Beattie

He was perhaps best known for invoking the peace and love generation of the 1960s to "turn on, tune in, drop out," but Timothy Leary, the guru who advocated the mind-enhancing positive effects of LSD, ... Read More »

June 20, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Donate books to the Slave Lake Library

By Sue Carter

The new Slave Lake public library, which opened in 2010, was one of hundreds of buildings destroyed in the terrible northern Alberta forest fire. If you're interested in helping out but aren't sure how, the ... Read More »

May 20, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Publishing at the polls: Copyright reform

By Sue Carter

As Canadians head to the polls on May 2, Q&Q looks at key federal policies affecting the publishing industry. Stay tuned for upcoming features on federal funding, mass digitization, and foreign-ownership regulations. After nearly a ... Read More »

April 7, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news, Libraries, Opinion

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