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Naomi Klein longlisted for 2015 PEN Literary Award

Naomi Klein has been longlisted for the biennial PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Non-fiction for her 2014 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize–winning title, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate (Knopf Canada). The $10,000 award aims ... Read More »

March 19, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Book-launch venue hop: The Company House, Halifax

By Q&Q Staff

Each month, Q&Q visits dingy watering holes, upscale cafés, and other haunts in search of the country’s most beloved book-launch venues Q&Q’s spotlight on local launch spots kicks off with the Company House, a popular ... Read More »

March 19, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Events

The dark side of academic publishing, Kobo principal Rakuten buys Overdrive, and more

By Becky Robertson

"A culture of hidden peer review, hidden data, paywalled journal articles and performance-related bean counting undermine transparency and robustness in science:" the dark side of academic publishing Rakuten buys ebook library service Overdrive for more ... Read More »

March 19, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

80 years of Q&Q: talking with author and Broken Pencil founder Hal Niedzviecki

By Alison Lang

Broken Pencil, Canada’s only journal of zine culture and independent arts, turns 20 this year. Founder Hal Niedzviecki is now a culture critic and fiction writer who has published 10 books since the magazine’s inception. ... Read More »

March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, People

Toronto Comic Arts Festival Shop becomes a permanent fixture

By Becky Robertson

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival has announced that its pop-up festival shop will remain in the Toronto Reference Library for the foreseeable future. Rebranded as Page & Panel: The TCAF Shop, the store offers a ... Read More »

March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news, Bookselling, Events, Libraries

80 years of Q&Q: talking with Kobo president and CCO Michael Tamblyn

By Sue Carter

Twenty years ago, few outside the industry could have predicted that the chaotic culture of technology start-ups would meld with the seasons-driven structure of traditional book publishing and retail. As president and chief content officer ... Read More »

March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, People

80 years of Q&Q: talking with Theytus Books editor-in-chief Paul Seesequasis

By Q&Q Staff

Launched in 1981, Theytus Books – Canada’s first indigenous-owned publishing house – has played a pivotal role in developing the country’s canon of aboriginal literature. Theytus editor-in-chief Paul Seesequasis gives some insight into the press. ... Read More »

March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, People

80 years of Q&Q: talking with The Great Black North editors Valerie Mason-John and Kevan Anthony Cameron

By Safa Jinje

In 2013, Frontenac House published The Great Black North, the first anthology to survey contemporary African Canadian poetry in all its forms. Edited by author Valerie Mason-John and spoken-word poet Kevan Anthony Cameron, the collection ... Read More »

March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

80 years of Q&Q: CanLit goes out into the world

By Q&Q Staff

Five Canadian writers recognized with international awards: 1. Margaret Atwood: Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts (1981); Los Angeles Times Fiction Award for The Handmaid’s Tale (1986); Government of France’s Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et ... Read More »

March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, People

80 years of Q&Q: a look back at Canadian children’s publishing

By Q&Q Staff

Canada gives birth to a kidlit industry Fuelled in part by government grants – but mostly by idealism, nationalism, feminism, youthful optimism, and an urgent sense that children and children’s books mattered – the 1970s ... Read More »

March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Children's publishing, People

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