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Behind the scenes with D&M Publishers’ award-winning design team

In April, the design team for D&M Publishers swept the annual Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada, receiving 13 prizes in total. In the June issue of Q&Q, the team discusses ... Read More »

May 13, 2011 | Filed under: Industry news

Book links round-up: Sarah Palin is not one of the Common people, Random House U.K. signs to agency model, and more

By Sue Carter

Sarah Palin creates outrage over the White House inviting rapper Common to its Evening of Poetry Random House U.K. signs to agency model, with over 6,000 titles to appear in the iBookstore E-bookseller iFlow shuts ... Read More »

May 11, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: publishers become sellers, John Cleese pays for divorce with memoir, and more

By Q&Q Staff

Is Amazon forcing publishers to become booksellers? John Cleese is writing a memoir to pay for his divorce The Men Who Stare at Goats author Jon Ronson delves into the world of the psychopath Three ... Read More »

May 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book biz round-up: Canada’s poor copyright rep, and more

By Natalie Samson

Canada lands on the International Intellectual Property Alliance's priority watch list as "haven" for international piracy organizations All-nighter term papers just got a lot trickier: design flaw at University of Calgary's new state-of-the-art library leaves ... Read More »

March 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Daily book biz round-up: March 1

By Sue Carter

Carefully curated indie e-book publisher Ebookling sells 1,000 downloads in two weeks An infographic look at the 40-year history of e-book publishing, starting with the 1971 digitization of the U.S. Declaration of Independence This virtual ... Read More »

March 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Links round-up: Atwood circa 1975, Rumsfeld, and more

By Natalie Samson

Today's links round-up, video edition: TVO launched its digital archive this week. Check out Mike McManus's 1975 interview with Margaret Atwood about her book Lady Oracle. An Atwoodian gem from the video: Remember I'm old. ... Read More »

February 24, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book biz round-up: Malcolm X’s estate fight, and more

By Sue Carter

Portland's Powell's Books lays off 31 workers, with second "bumping" phase to come Malcolm X's family feuds over his estate, including a trove of unpublished works and journals Springfield Reads: Lisa Simpson gets her own ... Read More »

February 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Chinese novel alleged to have stolen from Canada’s “literary elite”

By Stuart Woods

The "Great Chinese Canadian Literary Feud" is now underway, according to a Toronto Star story by Bill Schiller. The author at the centre of the supposed controversy is Toronto's Zhang Ling, whose previous novel, Aftershock, ... Read More »

February 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Awards presented to Shapcott, Walcott, and book apps

By Natalie Samson

There's been a flurry of book award activity over the past few days (take that, Academy Awards). The awards in this roundup range from the time-honoured and prestigious to the trendy and cutting edge. Costa ... Read More »

January 25, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Vancouver writers festival, library launch reading series

By Natalie Samson

The Vancouver International Writers Festival has teamed up with the Vancouver Public Library to offer Incite, a new reading series set to launch later this month. The bimonthly events will feature a variety of Canadian ... Read More »

January 13, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events, Libraries

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Search Results by tag: memoir

Behind the scenes with D&M Publishers’ award-winning design team

Book links round-up: Sarah Palin is not one of the Common people, Random House U.K. signs to agency model, and more

Book links round-up: publishers become sellers, John Cleese pays for divorce with memoir, and more

Book biz round-up: Canada’s poor copyright rep, and more

Daily book biz round-up: March 1

Links round-up: Atwood circa 1975, Rumsfeld, and more

Book biz round-up: Malcolm X’s estate fight, and more

Chinese novel alleged to have stolen from Canada’s “literary elite”

Awards presented to Shapcott, Walcott, and book apps

Vancouver writers festival, library launch reading series

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