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Bookmarks: Going Rogue mistakes, aliens and werewolves, Xbox Bibles, and more

A few bookish links from around the Web: Sarah Palin's much-anticipated memoir hits shelves today. Palin tells Oprah in an unused clip from yesterday's interview that "logistically speaking, practically speaking, it wasn't a real difficult ... Read More »

November 17, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: The Tao of Wu, zombie hunter S. Thompson, and St. Anne of Green Gables

By Alison Potstra

Sundry links from around the Web: Following in the footsteps of Kanye West and 50 Cent, NPR reports that The Wu-Tang Clan's Robert F. Diggs (aka The RZA) is the latest rap artist to pen ... Read More »

October 20, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Ruth Padel resigns, but the “gender war” rages on

By Suzanne Gardner

Book blogs all across the interwebs are abuzz with news of Ruth Padel's resignation from the post of Oxford professor of poetry only nine days after she was elected. Her resignation came yesterday after claims ... Read More »

May 26, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Kids’ books with the added value of gaming

By Scott MacDonald

According to a report by the BBC, Oxford University Press has created a new series of picture books “ branded Project X “ that attempt to appeal to young boys by mimicking the look of ... Read More »

January 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Fresh on Q&Q's Job Board

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This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Sales Representative (Vancouver), Higher Education Division - Oxford University Press(Vancouver, BC) Sales Associate / National Accounts - Simon & Schuster Canada (Markham, ON.) Rights Contracts Associate - Random House ... Read More »

September 12, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Stranger than fiction

By Alison Jones

British author Ian McEwan's life contains as great a plot twist as any he has ever written – a long-lost brother. According to a CNN report (taken from an article in the Oxford Mail), McEwan ... Read More »

January 17, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

CBC Radio buys a vowel

By Leigh Anne Williams

Fans of Q&Q's Finer Points column may want to check out a new CBC Radio summer program, And Sometimes Y. The half-hour show, which premiered last night and runs over the next two months, is ... Read More »

June 27, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

On the falsification of books

By Scott MacDonald

Henry Alford reports in a New Yorker piece from last August about an unnamed investigator's search for a proverbial needle in the haystack -- the single falsified word in the most recent edition of the ... Read More »

November 2, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

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