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Amis and the Americans

Why isn't Kingsley Amis better known in the U.S.? Critic Michael Dirda asks that question in an essay for The Chronicle of Higher Education. After briefly outlining Amis's career, and his strengths and peccadilloes as ... Read More »

June 20, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

New in Q&Q's July/August issue

By Leigh Anne Williams

The July/August 2007 issue of Quill & Quire is out now. It features: a cover profile of author Michael Winter; the Fall Preview, a look at the hottest titles of the upcoming season; a story ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

IMPAC goes to Norway

By Leigh Anne Williams

Norwegian author Per Petterson has won this year's IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, one of the world's richest book prizes. Petterson won the €100,000 prize for his novel Out Stealing Horses; the book's translator, Anne Born, ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Awards

Authors playing DJ

By Leigh Anne Williams

As mentioned in yesterday's Quillblog, Paper Cuts, the new litblog launched by New York Times Book Review staffer Dwight Garner, has kicked off a regular feature in which authors are asked to come up with ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Chinua Achebe wins the international Man Booker

By Nathan Whitlock

Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian author best known for his 1958 novel Things Fall Apart, has won the Man Booker International Prize. The £60,000 prize, secondary to the main Man Booker prize, was recently established and ... Read More »

June 13, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Awards, Industry news

New York Times launches book blog

By Nathan Whitlock

Paper Cuts, Dwight Garner's new blog about books for The New York Times website, is off to a good start. In addition to commenting on current happenings and issues in the publishing world, Garner is ... Read More »

June 13, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye…

By Q&Q Staff

And so ends Q&Q's up-to-the-minute coverage of BookExpo Canada 2007. This was our first time blogging the show, so we are very interested to hear what we got right, what we got wrong, where we ... Read More »

June 11, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Author close-up: Jean Chretien

By Q&Q Staff

Former prime minister Jean Chretien appeared at BookExpo Canada as the guest of honour at a Random House of Canada reception on Sunday afternoon, promoting his upcoming memoir, A Passion for Politics. On Monday morning, ... Read More »

June 11, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

The future of BOOKED! and BookExpo

By Q&Q Staff

As the BookExpo Canada trade show wound up on Monday afternoon, Scott Temple, the show's managing director, said that the BOOKED! consumer fest would definitely return in 2008 – but that it would incorporate lessons ... Read More »

June 11, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

The sweetest treats, the HOTchkest tchotchke

By Q&Q Staff

BookExpo Canada would appear, on the surface, to be primarily about books – the publishing, marketing, selling, and occasionally writing thereof – but most BEC-goers know that being on the trade floor is all about ... Read More »

June 11, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

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Amis and the Americans

New in Q&Q's July/August issue

IMPAC goes to Norway

Authors playing DJ

Chinua Achebe wins the international Man Booker

New York Times launches book blog

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye…

Author close-up: Jean Chretien

The future of BOOKED! and BookExpo

The sweetest treats, the HOTchkest tchotchke

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