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Kids' BOOKED events cancelled

On the eve of the BOOKED! consumer show, much of Friday's children's programming has been cancelled. Originally, seven children's events were scheduled to take place on Friday, most of them at Fort York. That number ... Read More »

June 7, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Want to know who'll win the Libris Awards? Don't look here

By Q&Q Staff

This year's Libris Awards will be presented on the trade show floor on Sunday, and we at Q&Q couldn't pass up another chance to try out our prognostication skills. We're well aware, though, that our ... Read More »

June 7, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

BookExpo survival tips

By Q&Q Staff

Herewith some handy advice for first-timers at the BookExpo Canada convention, and perhaps a refresher for show veterans. Plan your getaway: the St. Andrew subway station (King and University) is slightly closer to the convention ... Read More »

June 7, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

The E-Z PitchTM Guide

By Q&Q Staff

At BookExpo Canada, some of the fall's biggest titles step out to shine. Wondering how to burn them into the brains of your customers? Don’t worry: here’s Q&Q’s E-Z Pitch TM Guide to some of ... Read More »

June 7, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Reviewers as endangered polliwogs

By Nathan Whitlock

David Kipen, a former book reviewer for the San Francisco Chronicle, has joined the battle to save newspaper book review sections from cutbacks and possible extinction with an essay on Salon.com. Kipen argues that the ... Read More »

May 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Once more, with feeling

By Q&Q Staff

Our BookExpo Canada preview, from the June issue of Q&Q. Tentative optimism seems to be the general mood going into BookExpo Canada this year. After some exhibitor grumbling last year about high costs and low ... Read More »

May 1, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Reading not quite dead yet

By Leigh Anne Williams

That's the message of a report from the Hamilton, Ontario arts research firm Hill Strategies, based on StatsCan data from 2005. As The Globe and Mail reports, 66% of Canadians reported having read at least ... Read More »

March 29, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

O.J.: Passive and aggressive

By Alison Jones

In an article from Vanity Fair, James Wolcott reviews O.J. Simpson’s If I Did It after obtaining a copy that avoided being pulped. Wolcott refers to the “confessional” as “a vanishing act in full view,” ... Read More »

January 23, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

The view from the edge of retirement

By Leigh Anne Williams

The allegedly press-shy Alice Munro was the subject of long features in the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail this week, and in the former she turns over another card in the ongoing media ... Read More »

November 2, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Book character trumps actually important person

By Cassandra Drudi

The Guardian features a snippet today that points out the power of the book – or, rather, the power of the Potter. "More Americans know who Harry Potter is than can name Tony Blair, according ... Read More »

August 16, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized

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