Q&Q contributor Sarah Weinman outlines her troubles with the whole notion of getting books signed in a blog entry on the Guardian site: The last vestiges of excitement about inscriptions disappeared when I became a ... Read More »
Non-sequitur graffiti has been the rage in Toronto for a while “ the Val Kilmer faces that showed up a couple of years ago being the most notable example “ but someone recently gave the ... Read More »
April 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Vancouver is gunning to be named the second UNESCO City of Literature, after Edinburgh was named as the first in 2005. It'll have to beat out competition from Amsterdam, Alexandria, and Krakow. Alma Lee, founder ... Read More »
April 25, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
"One Book, One Vancouver" has picked Karen X. Tulchinsky's 2003 novel The Five Books of Moses Lapinsky (Raincoast Books) as this year's selection in the city-wide book club. More info here, at the One Book, ... Read More »
April 24, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
We've linked to stories about BookMooch “ a website that allows book lovers to swap books free of charge “ before, but here's a more in-depth look at the site and its creator, the young ... Read More »
April 22, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Following the recent controversy over whether or not a Lonely Planet guidebook author faked some of the book's contents, Chris Taylor “ who has himself written a number of Lonely Planet guides “ weighs in ... Read More »
April 21, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
In the latest sign of the impending apocalypse, ABC News has posted a story about a new children's book called My Beautiful Mommy, written by the Florida-based plastic surgeon Dr. Michael Salzhauer. The book is ... Read More »
April 18, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Former Toronto Star book critic Philip Marchand was transferred to the paper's film beat almost five months ago, and based on the preponderance of negative reviews he's written since then, one might assume he's eager ... Read More »
April 18, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
From Scotland's Sunday Herald: Despite fears the internet could kill off the printed word, death by natural causes may be a greater threat to our literary heritage and Scottish scientists are searching for the cure. ... Read More »
April 14, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Want the latest on who said what about who? We've just added a second RSS feed that tracks all comments made on Quillblog. Publishing people have a lot to say, apparently: we've recorded 391 (heartfelt, ... Read More »
April 11, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
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