A teacher in Indiana has been suspended without pay for 18 months for using The Freedom Writers Diary, a widely lauded collection of biographical stories written by inner-city teenagers, as part of her curriculum. For ... Read More »
There is nothing “ aside from the sight of paint drying, perhaps “ quite like the creation of fantasy CanLit canons. On Canada Day, The Globe and Mail had a number of people “ mostly ... Read More »
Toronto-based authors Emily Schultz and Brian Joseph Davis have come together and launched a new website for short fiction, called Joyland. In a mass e-mail sent to Q&Q, they explain the impetus for the site: ... Read More »
June 27, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Every author with even an ounce of self-promotional instinct seems to have a blog these days, but how many editors and publishers do? According to Booksquare blogger Kassia Kroszer, the whole publishing industry needs to ... Read More »
Clicking through The New York Times online this morning, Quillblog happened upon this article about a "surprise best seller," The Shack. The novel, written by William P. Young, is a mosaic story of one man's ... Read More »
Last year, Canadian author Sean Dixon sold U.K. rights to his The Girls Who Saw Everything to HarperCollins U.K., which re-titled the book The Last Days of the Lacuna Cabal. The book has just been ... Read More »
June 20, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Raj Persaud, Britain's celebrity psychiatrist and media darling, is on trial for what the Guardian is calling "blatant cribs" in his 2003 book From the Edge of the Couch. Persaud is accused of passing off ... Read More »
June 18, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
An idea that's been tossed around for the past couple of years got another push today, as BookExpo Canada owner Reed Exhibition Companies unveiled a proposal to move the convention and trade show to the ... Read More »
June 16, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
One of the mainstay offsite parties of the BookExpo Canada weekend is missing this year. Typically the Book Promoters Association of Canada gives out its Jack Award on the Friday evening of the show weekend, ... Read More »
June 10, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
For the second year in a row, Q&Q will be covering the BookExpo Canada convention and trade show online. Our entire editorial staff will be on the trade show floor as well as at the ... Read More »
June 10, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
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