by Leigh Anne Williams

Event photos: Encyclopedia Manitobica

Great Plains Publications launched The Encyclopedia of Manitoba with an event at the Winnipeg Art Gallery earlier this month, and drew some high-profile guests. (Photos courtesy of Great Plains.) Ed Schreyer, a former premier of ... Read More »

November 21, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Event photo: Roy MacSkimming meets John A.

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's pretty rare to see grownups playing dressup at a book event unless the book in question includes the words "Harry Potter" or "Jedi" in the title. But that's Sir John A. Macdonald (well, actually, ... Read More »

November 21, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Shocker: Bush lied

By Leigh Anne Williams

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

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

Have your say on pricing, parity, and books

By Leigh Anne Williams

Whether you're a bookseller or publisher, we want to hear what you have to say on the pricing issue. What is your house or store doing? What needs to be done industry-wide? Who is benefiting ... Read More »

November 14, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Event photos: BookFest Windsor 2007

By Leigh Anne Williams

Snaps of a few authors who read at the Windsor literary fest ... Read More »

November 12, 2007 | Filed under: Events, Industry news

Hello, Newman *

By Leigh Anne Williams

Peter C. Newman has had a long and storied career, but he continues to rack up new achievements. His latest? Getting Robert Fulford and Conrad Black on Jean Chretien's side. It all stems from Newman's ... Read More »

November 8, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

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