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Rowling comes to Canada

Toronto will just have time to catch its starstruck breath after film festival appearances by the likes of Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and George Clooney before a superstar of another order arrives. J.K. Rowling will ... Read More »

September 17, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Flickr photo roundup: Book Camp, Paul Watson, and Other Goose

By Q&Q Staff

Here's a quick roundup of some recent event photos posted in the Q&Q Flickr pool: Photographer Fleur-Ange Lamothe posted a couple of images from Brantford Book Camp 2007. It was a three-day event in mid-August ... Read More »

September 17, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Garden party launch for Hugh Brewster's Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose

By Q&Q Staff

Author Hugh Brewster launched his latest book, Carnation, Lily, Lily Rose (Kids Can Press) in a Rosedale garden, connecting to the book's subject, a painting of little girls in a garden by John Singer Sargent. ... Read More »

September 13, 2007 | Filed under: Events

New in the print Q&Q

By Leigh Anne Williams

Coming soon to a newsstand or mailbox near you is the October 2007 issue of Quill & Quire. Our cover story is a profile of Cape Breton writer D.R. MacDonald. The issue also looks at ... Read More »

September 13, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Reviewing: the long and short of it

By Leigh Anne Williams

Following up on Steve Wasserman's recent essay calling for longer book reviews (previously mentioned on Quillblog), Michael O'Donnell says less is more. In an essay on the book reviewing blog Critical Mass, O'Donnell argues that ... Read More »

September 13, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

He's back: HarperCollins buys Frey novel

By Leigh Anne Williams

Disgraced memoirist James Frey – who was made a star when Oprah Winfrey chose his book A Million Little Pieces for her book club, then humiliated when she berated him for embellishing the facts in ... Read More »

September 13, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Fresh on Q&Q's Job Board

By Q&Q jobs

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

Bedtime reading for struggling artists

By Nathan Whitlock

CBC's story of comic book artist Troy Little's new success may warm the hearts of many a struggling artist. The Kensington, P.E.I. resident self-published his book Chiaroscuro and sold it at a loss at an ... Read More »

September 12, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Harper's gift to Australia

By Nathan Whitlock

Prime Minister Stephen Harper had a rare and very apt gift to give to the Australian people yesterday during his official visit Down Under, The Globe and Mail reports. This spring, a rare books specialist ... Read More »

September 12, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

J.K. Rowling is big, but not that big

By Stuart Woods

You know you're big when not having accomplished something is considered news. Not that J.K. Rowling needs any reminder of her fame. Rowling is the focus of a story in The Guardian about the most ... Read More »

September 11, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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