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Have your say re: parity

Like many booksellers, Chris O'Brien, owner of The Miller's Tale in Almonte, Ontario, has been wrestling with the issue of dollar-parity. As O'Brien explains on his store blog, this is the approach he's come up ... Read More »

November 1, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Chef Morimoto's Canadian tour

By Q&Q Staff

Chef Masaharu Morimoto, a Japanese chef who has appeared on The Iron Chef, tours Canada in support of his first cookbook, Morimoto - The New Art of Japanese Cooking. Photos courtesy of Chris Houston. Morimoto ... Read More »

November 1, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Some hard looks at Plimpton

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's been two and a half years since journalist and author Philip Gourevitch took over as editor of The Paris Review, and now The New York Observer's Doree Shafrir sits down with Gourevitch in the ... Read More »

November 1, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

The Scotiabank Giller Light bash

By Nathan Whitlock

CanLit fans and publishing types who are not attending the Scotiabank Giller Prize ceremony will have two other opportunities to get together, eat, drink, and merrily debate which book should win. The Scotiabank Giller Light ... Read More »

October 31, 2007 | Filed under: Awards, Industry news

Trick or treat! Q&Q Job Board's Hallowe'en edition

By Q&Q jobs

Try these jobs on for size: Senior Editor - Viva Dolan Communications and Design Inc. (Toronto, ON) Book Designer - Owlkids (Toronto, ON) Book Editor - Owlkids (Toronto, ON) Sales & Marketing Manager - TumbleBooks ... Read More »

October 31, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Sins of omission

By Nathan Whitlock

One of Slate's features for its fall fiction week is a reprise of a "gravest literary omissions" survey it conducted a few years ago – critics' confessions of the most important books they had never ... Read More »

October 31, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Scenes from the 2007 IFOA

By Q&Q Staff

The 28th annual edition of the International Festival of Authors at Harbourfront in Toronto ran from Oct. 17-27. Here are pictures from just some of the dozens of readings, onstage interviews, signings, and, of course, ... Read More »

October 31, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Have your say: guess the Giller winner

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's participation time. With the Scotiabank Giller Prize coming up in less than a week, we'd like to ask our readers (a) which book should win the prize, (b) which one will win, and what ... Read More »

October 31, 2007 | Filed under: Awards

Harry Potter for snobs

By Stuart Woods

Weighing in on the controversy over whether or not you-know-who is you-know-what, The New York Times cultural critic Edward Rothstein makes the reasonable assertion that "it is possible Ms. Rowling may be mistaken about her ... Read More »

October 30, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Coupland goes viral, Staples tags along

By Stuart Woods

The final three YouTube video trailers for Douglas Coupland's new novel, The Gum Thief, were released last week. The series has been attracting steady traffic since the campaign started a month ago. CBC.ca reports: [Coupland's ... Read More »

October 30, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

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