On Monday, Q&Q reported on the retail shortages of several Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlisted titles. As it turns out, indie bookshops aren't the only ones missing copies of Johanna Skibsrud's The Sentimentalists (Gaspereau Press). The ... Read More »

It now costs $11.95 U.S. to publish a 300-page paperback in Portland State University's bookstore. On Monday, The Columbian reported that the university recently acquired its own print-on-demand machine. In Canada, bookstores and libraries at ... Read More »

A group of volunteers is currently working to save iconic Canadian poet Al Purdy's A-frame cottage, with the intention of turning it into a home for a writer-in-residence program. In a similar vein, well-known figures ... Read More »

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 »