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Wiley files suit over Dummies downloads

John Wiley & Sons has filed suit in New York City, claiming 27 users of the popular peer-to-peer file-sharing service BitTorrent have illegally downloaded copies of books in the publisher's popular Dummies series. According to ... Read More »

October 31, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Jian Ghomeshi’s literary memoir to be published by Penguin Canada

By Sue Carter

Once he was the king of Spain, and soon Jian Ghomeshi can call himself a published author, too. Rights for the CBC Radio host's literary memoir, 1982, have been purchased by Penguin Canada publisher Diane ... Read More »

October 31, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Plagiarism case heads to court as Canadian authors file lawsuit against Zhang, Penguin Canada

By Natalie Samson

The controversy surrounding Ling Zhang's novel Gold Mountain Blues continues to escalate, as a group of Canadian authors are now taking their allegations of plagiarism to court. On Thursday, Wayson Choy, Sky Lee, and Paul ... Read More »

October 31, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Weekend reading list: the top stories from around our offices

By Sue Carter

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories include Canadian Family's book picks, Toronto's best tacos, and fashion-inspired Halloween costumes. Books we want ... Read More »

October 29, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Drawn to history: Kate Beaton launches Hark! A Vagrant at IFOA this weekend

By Sue Carter

Kate Beaton fans take note: the popular cartoonist is making two appearances at Toronto's International Festival of Authors this weekend, promoting her best-selling comics collection, Hark! A Vagrant. Come prepared for the book signing by ... Read More »

October 27, 2011 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Debut novelist Heather Jessup brings a little sparkle to IFOA

By Sue Carter

The International Festival of Authors is not just a place for brushing shoulders with CanLit's big guns, it's also an opportunity to discover new talents. Tonight, first-time author Heather Jessup reads from her debut novel, ... Read More »

October 25, 2011 | Filed under: Events

Burgess, Couture among ReLit winners

By Steven W. Beattie

Tony Burgess has added a second ReLit ring to his collection of awards. Having won the prize in 2004 for his story collection Fiction for Lovers, he nabbed a second for his 2010 story collection, ... Read More »

October 24, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Small Demons presents a Borgesian online directory for world literature

By Steven W. Beattie

"It all begins with a book." So claims the promo video for Small Demons (see below), a new online venture that provides users with a concordance of all the real-world ephemera that appears in their ... Read More »

October 24, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Listen to Quillcast episode one: the art of book design

By Sue Carter

Welcome to Quillcast, a new podcast series from Quill & Quire featuring behind-the-scenes conversations with authors and publishing insiders. In this first episode, CS Richardson, vice-president and creative director of Canadian Publishing for Random House ... Read More »

October 24, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Quillcast

Weekend reading list: the top stories from around our offices

By Sue Carter

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories include the fate of Ghostbusters III, favourite Toronto indie bookstores, and a preview of this ... Read More »

October 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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