Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Books part of Wal-Mart invasion

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Books will play a part in the Wal-Mart revolution that is due to sweep over Canada sometime this spring. A spokesperson for the massive discount retailer, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, confirmed for Q&Q that Wal-Mart ... Read More »

March 22, 2004

Ottawa watch

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The past two years have been packed with debates and negotiations about publishing policy, from the retooling of federal subsidy programs to a new foreign ownership policy and behind-the-scenes discussions about phase two of copyright ... Read More »

March 22, 2004

The Great Literary Award winners

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Guy Vanderhaeghe, Audrey Thomas, Elisabeth Harvor, and Roslyn Schwartz were recognized for career achievement by The Writers’ Trust of Canada this week.The four authors all won mid-career or lifetime prizes at the Trust’s Great Canadian ... Read More »

March 22, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

HarperCollins snags Wolfe book

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HarperCollins Canada has bought separate Canadian rights to Tom Wolfe’s third novel. The firm will publish I Am Charlotte Simmons this fall, simultaneously with Farrar, Straus & Giroux’s U.S. edition.HarperCollins Canada publisher Iris Tupholme says ... Read More »

March 22, 2004

Heritage launches copyright survey

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The federal government’s cultural policy directions may not become clear until after the next election, but the Department of Canadian Heritage has moved to gather information from the book industry on copyright and business issues.Heritage ... Read More »

March 22, 2004

For the week of Feb. 22, 2004

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Hardcover fiction1. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown (Doubleday, $37.95, 0-385-50420-9) 2. The Last Juror, John Grisham (Doubleday, $39.95, 0-385-51043-8)3. The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom (Disney Books/H.B. Fenn, $29.95, 0-7868-6871-6)4. The Curious Incident of ... Read More »

March 22, 2004