In the September Q&Q

Step right up, folks, the September 2007 issue of Quill & Quire is out now. It features a cover profile of author Elizabeth Hay, whose new novel is set in a Yellowknife CBC station in ... Read More »

August 15, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Threatened Bangladeshi author now faces charges

By Nathan Whitlock

Bangladeshi writer Talisma Nasrin, who had to be protected from physical attacks at her book launch in Hyderabad in south India last week, is now facing charges of inciting religious tensions, The Guardian reports. Nasrin, ... Read More »

August 15, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Harper appoints new Heritage minister

By Nathan Whitlock

Yesterday's cabinet shuffle in Stephen Harper's government included moving Josee Verner into Bev Oda's position as minister of Canadian Heritage. Verner, who was first elected in the Quebec City riding of Louis-Saint-Laurent in 2006, was ... Read More »

August 15, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Market research disguised as education

By Leigh Anne Williams

The blog Two Umbrellas points to an eyebrow-raising scheme: a continuing education course at Temple University in Philadelphia entitled "A Sneak Peek at Tomorrow's Bestsellers." According to the course description: Every fall publishers introduce and ... Read More »

August 9, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

A stamp of disapproval for M&S

By Leigh Anne Williams

Every publisher gets a little bad press now and then; it's part of the game. But rarely does it come from the stamp-collecting media. McClelland & Stewart, though, has gotten some unflattering attention from Canadian ... Read More »

August 9, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Jobs jobs, everywhere jobs

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Sales Manager (Bilingual) - Lobster Press (Montreal, Quebec) Marketing Associate – part time position - Simon & Schuster (Toronto, ON) Editor, Higher Education Division - Oxford University Press Canada ... Read More »

August 8, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Write it slant and bend it like Beckham

By Leigh Anne Williams

Quillblog would like to congratulate the Toronto Star's Cathal Kelly for possibly being the first sportswriter ever to work an Oulipo reference into a soccer-game recap. Covering the Toronto club's game against the L.A. Galaxy ... Read More »

August 8, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Wood goes to The New Yorker

By Leigh Anne Williams

In case you haven't heard, leading literary critic James Wood has left The New Republic to join The New Yorker as a staff writer. Leon Wieseltier, Wood's former editor, is classy in defeat: "The New ... Read More »

August 8, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Who needs book designers?

By Leigh Anne Williams

In a cute stunt, Penguin U.K. has asked musicians to design new covers for six of its classic titles. As The Guardian reports, Beck took on the French novel Le Grand Meaulnes, Johnny Borrell of ... Read More »

August 2, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Robert J. Sawyer speaks out against library cuts

By Leigh Anne Williams

Sci-fi author Robert J. Sawyer has sent an open letter to Toronto mayor David Miller to protest plans to cut service at the Toronto Public Library. In a passionate and compelling argument, Sawyer says, in ... Read More »

August 2, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

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