For the week of Mar. 28, 2004

Hardcover fiction1. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown (Doubleday, $37.95, 0-385-50420-9) 2. The Princes of Ireland, Edward Rutherfurd (Doubleday Canada, $39.95, 0-385-65906-7)3. Can You Keep a Secret? Sophie Kinsella (Dial Press/Random House, $29.95, 0-385-33681-0)4. The Five People You ... Read More »

April 8, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Award file: Pratt wins Cleaver

By Q&Q Staff

Montreal illustrator Pierre Pratt has won the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award for children’s-book illustration, for his work on Where’s Pup? (Tundra Books), written by Dayle Ann Dodds. The annual Cleaver Award, worth $1,000, is ... Read More »

April 8, 2004

Skateboarding mag to launch books tie-in

By Q&Q Staff

A skateboarding magazine run by former Warwick Publishing marketing director Michael Brooke will launch a companion book imprint this summer.Brooke left Warwick two years ago and launched Concrete Wave last year – a magazine named ... Read More »

April 8, 2004

Get personal, say publishers at Blue Metropolis

By Q&Q Staff

Personal attention is the best edge when competing against multinational giants, agreed publishers attending the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montreal on the weekend.“Independent publishers can’t compete when it comes to advances, but we ... Read More »

April 8, 2004

Writers, publishers hit the ice for PEN

By Q&Q Staff

Writers and publishers will face each other in a hockey game in Toronto next month to raise money for PEN Canada.The Great Canadian Literary Face Off, set for May 1 at De La Salle College ... Read More »

April 8, 2004

Publishers’ post-mortem on Great Ontario Book Break

By Q&Q Staff

With more promotion and a better date, the Great Ontario Book Break could become an important annual event, say some publishers who attended the inaugural Book Break at Toronto’s Harbourfront this past weekend.Organized by the ... Read More »

April 8, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

CanWest ponders possible books imprint

By Q&Q Staff

CanWest Global, already one of the country’s largest media companies, is looking to hire a general manager for a potential new in-house books imprint. But what form that imprint will take is still unclear; Gordon ... Read More »

April 8, 2004

Award file: From Griffin to Cohen to Trillium

By Q&Q Staff

Brandt’s big day – Wednesday was a good day for Di Brandt. The Windsor poet was in Toronto for the Trillum Prize shortlist announcement (see below), so out of curiosity she decided to attend another ... Read More »

April 8, 2004

Two new categories for Libris Awards

By Q&Q Staff

Book trade types now have until 5 p.m. today to submit nominations for this year’s Libris Awards – and they have two new categories to vote on. The deadline was originally set to pass Wednesday, ... Read More »

April 8, 2004

Quebec creators score another tax-policy victory

By Q&Q Staff

Writers and other creators were among the winners in the Quebec budget announced Tuesday, getting approval for provincial tax breaks that are the envy of creators elsewhere in Canada.Creators who receive large one-time royalty payments ... Read More »

April 8, 2004

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