Al Purdy’s education

On Tuesday, while reporting on the fate of Al Purdy's cottage, Q&Q contacted the famous poet's old school, Trenton High School in Trenton, Ontario. According to physics teacher Eric Lorenzen, who recently dug out microfilm ... Read More »

October 13, 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

1,125 unflattering pages on Tolstoy

By Alina Seagal

Leo Tolstoy liked to write long sentences in voluminous books. According to his wife's memoir, released in English by the University of Ottawa Press on Wednesday, the famous Russian author also liked sex and contracted ... Read More »

October 7, 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

Gabriel GarcÃa MÃ¡rquez’s speeches to be published this month

By Alina Seagal

Italian publisher Mondadori will release Gabriel GarcÃa MÃ¡rquez's newest book in Spain and Latin America at the end of October, reports the Latin American Herald Tribune. The new work, titled Yo no vengo a decir ... Read More »

October 6, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Google Editions to launch before year’s end

By Scott MacDonald

Representatives from Google met with publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair this week and revealed that the long-awaited Google Editions will debut (in the U.S., at least) this year, despite rumours to the contrary. According ... Read More »

October 6, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Introducing E-riginals

By Alina Seagal

On Tuesday, Publishers Weekly reported that the New York”based Open Road Integrated Media has unveiled its first list of E-riginals, titles that will be released as e-books before they hit the shelves as trade paperbacks. ... Read More »

October 6, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: Canada Reads takes new approach; McCarthy for Nobel?; and more

By Alina Seagal

Today's book news: Will Cormac McCarthy win the Nobel Prize in Literature? Jonathan Franzen reunites with his stolen glasses ... Read More »

October 5, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

MacLeod, Skibsrud make indie-dominated Giller shortlist

By Scott MacDonald

The five finalists for the Scotiabank Giller Prize have just been announced, and only one title “ David Bergen's The Matter with Morris “ is from a multinational publisher. The five nominees are: David Bergen, ... Read More »

October 5, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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