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Shocker: Bush lied

It's probably one of the more effective advance publicity efforts in recent memory: former White House press secretary Scott McClellan now says Bush, Cheney, and other high-ranking White House officials knowingly had him lie about ... Read More »

November 21, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

The December issue of Q&Q: Books of the Year

By Leigh Anne Williams

The special Books of the Year issue of Quill & Quire is now en route to stores and mailboxes. It contains the magazine's annual selection of the titles that mattered the most over the past ... Read More »

November 21, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Kindlemania

By Leigh Anne Williams

By now you've no doubt seen the long press release – er, sorry, Newsweek cover story – that announced the launch of the Kindle, Amazon.com's new electronic reader. Elsewhere, though, bloggers and commentators have looked ... Read More »

November 21, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Event photos: McArthur's Beaujolais bash turns 20

By Q&Q Staff

McArthur & Company held its 20th annual Beaujolais Party on Thursday, Nov. 15 at Toronto's Bistro 990. (Photos courtesy of McArthur & Company) RBC Royal Bank's Michael Meredith, author Barry Callaghan, Janet Sommerville of PEN ... Read More »

November 20, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Doctorow to publishers: learn to share, dummies!

By Stuart Woods

With all the hoopla surrounding the launch of the Kindle, Amazon's portable e-book reader, it's easy to forget that for some authors the digital revolution has already happened. First among them would be science-fiction author ... Read More »

November 20, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Todd Babiak vs. toddbabiak.com

By Stuart Woods

In a sardonic post announcing his reluctant embrace of the blogosphere, Edmonton author Todd Babiak (The Book of Stanley, The Garneau Block) expresses his instinctive distaste for self-serving author blogs: I used to make fun ... Read More »

November 20, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Alexie, Johnson win top U.S. prizes

By Leigh Anne Williams

The American National Book Awards were bestowed in New York City last night. The big winners were Denis Johnson's Vietnam epic Tree of Smoke for fiction; Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time ... Read More »

November 15, 2007 | Filed under: Awards

Fiction vs. non-, round 2

By Leigh Anne Williams

Not too long ago, author Ken McGoogan argued in The Globe and Mail that non-fiction books get short shrift in our culture, fiction soaking up the glam and all. Now, Globe columnist and novelist Russell ... Read More »

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

Looking for job parity?

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Marketing Associate, Children's Books (Toronto, ON) Publicist (Toronto, ON) Administrative Assistant (Toronto, ON) Print Promotions and Publicity Coordinator (Markham, ON) Book Marketing Coordinator (Toronto, ON) ...more here! Looking to ... Read More »

November 14, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Judith Regan sues News Corp.

By Nathan Whitlock

Judith Regan, former president of HarperCollins' ReganBooks division who was fired last year following her controversial plan to publish O.J. Simpson's If I Did It, is suing HarperCollins' parent company, News Corp., for $100 million ... Read More »

November 14, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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