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Show Rob Ford and TPL some love this holiday season

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has not been terribly successful on the literary front. From his under-the-breath insult to author Vikki VanSickle during this summer's marathon executive committee hearing to his brother Doug's very public spat ... Read More »

December 12, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Windsor Library settles in wrongful dismissal suit

By Natalie Samson

A controversial lawsuit brought against the Windsor Public Library Board by its former CEO, Brian Bell, has been settled out of court. Windsor Star columnist Anne Jarvis criticized the settlement with Bell, which she pegs ... Read More »

December 6, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

By Sue Carter

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories get sporty with the Roller Derby World Cup and Where Canada's top skiing apps. Giving ... Read More »

December 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Quillcast episode three: Charlotte Gill and Eating Dirt

By Sue Carter

Quillcast is a new podcast series from Quill & Quire featuring behind-the-scenes conversations with authors and publishing insiders. In this episode, the second in a two-part series on non-fiction authors, Vancouver writer Charlotte Gill speaks ... Read More »

November 28, 2011 | Filed under: Authors, Books of the Year, Quillcast

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

By Sue Carter

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories include a history of LGBT publisher Pink Triangle Press and a new biography of former ... Read More »

November 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Pop Sandbox launches interactive film version of The Next Day

By Sue Carter

Toronto transmedia company Pop Sandbox has launched an interactive Web version of The Next Day, which chronicles the stories of four suicide-attempt survivors. The animated online documentary, a co-production with the National Film Board, accompanies ... Read More »

November 21, 2011 | Filed under: Books of the Year, Digital publishing and technology

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

By Sue Carter

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories include extreme winter activities and a holiday gift guide. Fifteen extreme Canadian winter activities [Where ... Read More »

November 19, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Gary Taxali and Graham Roumieu get graphic

By Sue Carter

Quillblog is living vicariously through the Toronto Life team, which recently got cozy in a Toronto neighbourhood watering hole to eavesdrop on a conversation between author-illustrators Gary Taxali and Graham Roumieu. Taxali just released two ... Read More »

November 17, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Weekend reading list: the top stories from around our offices

By Sue Carter

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories include teaching your kids classic Canadian songs and Movember grooming advice. Thirteen great songs every Canadian ... Read More »

November 12, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

$10,000 Alberta prize now open to books published out of province

By Stuart Woods

Organizers of the Alberta Readers' Choice Award, now in its third year, have taken steps to quiet a muted strain of controversy that has attached itself to the prize since its inception. The $10,000 award, ... Read More »

November 9, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Libraries

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Search Results by tag: Toronto

Show Rob Ford and TPL some love this holiday season

Windsor Library settles in wrongful dismissal suit

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

Quillcast episode three: Charlotte Gill and Eating Dirt

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

Pop Sandbox launches interactive film version of The Next Day

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

Gary Taxali and Graham Roumieu get graphic

Weekend reading list: the top stories from around our offices

$10,000 Alberta prize now open to books published out of province

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