Michael Kenyon, Stuart Ross, and Gillian Jerome take home ReLit Awards

The ReLit Awards, Canada's prize for small press“published literature, were handed out last night at the Ottawa International Writers Festival. The winning authors are: Michael Kenyon, for his novel The Beautiful Children (Thistledown Press); Stuart ... Read More »

October 21, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Random House lands globe-spanning deal for Salman Rushdie memoir

By Stuart Woods

In a massive deal arranged by formerly blacklisted agent Andrew "The Jackal" Wylie, Random House has acquired a new memoir by Salman Rushdie for publication in each of its global territories. The memoir, which touches ... Read More »

October 21, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Stephen Marche and the politics of “fat”

By Stuart Woods

Toronto novelist Stephen Marche found himself in hot water over the weekend for a column appearing in Saturday's Globe and Mail. Titled "Rob Ford is not popular despite being fat. He's popular because of it," ... Read More »

October 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Plagiarism charges continue to dog J.K. Rowling

By Stuart Woods

Those pesky plagiarism charges facing J.K. Rowling just won't go away. In 2004, the Harry Potter author was accused of lifting from a little-known 1987 book, The Adventures of Willy the Wizard, by U.K. author ... Read More »

October 14, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Toronto Star adopts New York Times books coverage

By Stuart Woods

This Sunday, the Toronto Star will begin carrying content from The New York Times' Sunday book review section. The section will be a 12-page tabloid that Star spokesperson Bob Hepburn describes as an "abridged version" ... Read More »

October 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Thrice-nominated Howard Jacobson takes the Booker

By Stuart Woods

The surprise winner of this year's £50,000 Man Booker Prize for Fiction is British author Howard Jacobson's The Finkler Question (Bloomsbury), a comic novel exploring Jewish identity. Jacobson, a London-based journalist and author of Kalooki ... Read More »

October 12, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

B.C. librarians, publishers show united front in support of e-books project

By Stuart Woods

Last week, Q&Q posted part of an open letter from author D.C. Reid about a new pilot program, known as B.C. Books Online, currently underway at a dozen of the province's libraries. Supporters of the ... Read More »

October 6, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Pentagon celebrates Banned Books Week by destroying spy memoir

By Stuart Woods

Just in time for Banned Books Week comes news that the Pentagon has overseen the destruction of a book deemed to contain classified information about the war in Afghanistan. Earlier this month, The Washington Post ... Read More »

September 27, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Rob Prichard appointed as chair of Penguin Canada board

By Stuart Woods

The last piece in Penguin Canada's executive shuffle has fallen into place with the appointment of Rob Prichard, the former president and CEO of Torstar, to the role of chairman of the company's newly formed ... Read More »

September 21, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

M&S leads Giller longlist

By Stuart Woods

The Canadian literary awards season is officially underway following this morning's announcement of the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist. The publisher with the most to celebrate is arguably McClelland & Stewart, which leads with three nominated ... Read More »

September 20, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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