by Nathan Whitlock

Event photos: This Child, Every Child launch with ONEXONE

On Family Literacy Day (Jan. 27), Kids Can Press hosted a special breakfast book launch for David J. Smith and Shelagh Armstrong's picture book This Child, Every Child at its new home in the Corus ... Read More »

January 28, 2011 | Filed under: Events

Book biz roundup: zombie Salinger still publicity-shy, Nabokov was right about butterflies, TED gets into e-books, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

A year after his death, J.D. Salinger is still shunning the spotlight Vladimir Nabokov's theory about a particular species of butterfly gets confirmed by scientists TED, the ongoing lecture series (conference? symposium? smartypantsium?) is starting ... Read More »

January 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

How soon is too soon? Publicizing books in a moment of tragedy

By Nathan Whitlock

On Monday, someone set off a bomb at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, killing at least 35 people. Within a few hours, editors at Q&Q received an e-mail from a major Canadian publisher, alerting us (and everyone ... Read More »

January 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Way to Display! C’est NoÃ«l, David! at Indigo in Montreal

By Nathan Whitlock

That's right: it's the holiday edition of Way to Display!, with a too-cool-for-yule display for C'est NoÃ«l, David! (Scholastic Canada), ... Read More »

December 16, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Event photos: Vancouver gets steampunk’d by Scott Westerfeld

By Nathan Whitlock

On Nov. 24, author Scott Westerfeld was in Vancouver to promote Behemoth, the second volume in his YA steampunk trilogy, Leviathan, which is illustrated by Canada's Keith Thompson. (Photos courtesy of Simon & Schuster) Westerfeld ... Read More »

December 8, 2010 | Filed under: Events

Simply Read’s Kallie George on the art of being one’s own publicist

By Nathan Whitlock

Authors working in publishing is nothing new. Melanie Little (House of Anansi), Andrew Steinmetz (Véhicule), Don LePan (Broadview), Michael Holmes (ECW), Halli Villegas (Tightrope), Corey Redekop (Goose Lane), and the Coach House trifecta of Alana ... Read More »

December 2, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Event photo: Claudia Dey launches How to be a Bush Pilot

By Nathan Whitlock

Claudia Dey launched her sex-advice book, How to Be a Bush Pilot (HarperCollins Canada), at Toronto's Drake Hotel on Nov. 10. The launch featured live music and an onstage chat between Dey and author Michael ... Read More »

November 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Events

New in e-books: The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure (Wait: what?!)

By Nathan Whitlock

There's a book for everyone, it sometimes seems. This title, for example, popped up recently on Amazon.com: People commenting on the listing are suitably outraged, and it's likely the book will get pulled by Amazon ... Read More »

November 10, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Way to Display! The Hunger Games trilogy at Vancouver Kidsbooks

By Nathan Whitlock

The upcoming visit from author Suzanne Collins (on Nov. 2) to Vancouver Kidsbooks inspired the store to once again go all-out on its exterior, opting for an eye-catching “ yet more than a little menacing ... Read More »

October 27, 2010 | Filed under: Bookselling, Events

Way to Display! The Anthology of Rap at Type Books

By Nathan Whitlock

You know what time it is: this week's edition of Way to Display! is all about the hip hop, the hippie, the hippie to the hip hip hop, you don't stop, etc. The Queen Street ... Read More »

October 20, 2010 | Filed under: Bookselling, Events

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