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Canada Council announces significant restructuring of its grant programs

At yesterday's Canada Council for the Arts annual general meeting, director and CEO Simon Brault announced a major restructuring of the governmental organization's granting program. "We need to simplify our administrative and decision-making processes so that ... Read More »

January 21, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Competition Bureau seeks ebook documents from Indigo and Kobo, new library to serve Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, and more

By Becky Robertson

Competition Bureau of Canada requests ebook pricing documents from Kobo and Indigo Construction started on new Vancouver library to serve Downtown Eastside Researchers say writing (and re-writing) your personal story can improve happiness First-ever book ... Read More »

January 21, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Spring preview 2015: graphica & international fiction

By Q&Q Staff

D&Q AT 25 This year, the great Montreal publisher Drawn & Quarterly turns 25, and to celebrate, it has commissioned a retrospective anthology featuring some of the house’s most enduring work. Edited by D&Q creative ... Read More »

January 20, 2015 | Filed under: Preview

Chapters to shutter flagship Vancouver location

By Becky Robertson

Chapters Indigo announced Monday that it will close its 53,000-square-foot flagship store on Vancouver's Robson Street June 30. This follows the shuttering of seven stores last year, including Montreal's flagship store and Toronto's Richmond Street ... Read More »

January 20, 2015 | Filed under: Bookselling

Kim Thuy, Thomas King among CBC’s 2015 Canada Reads selections

By Becky Robertson

CBC has revealed the panelists and the titles they will respectively champion in this year's Canada Reads debates, to discern "the one book to break barriers." The list is as follows: Toronto International Film Festival ... Read More »

January 20, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

The Zuckerberg bump and latest Facebook book club pick, DBW looks at e-reading data, and more

By Becky Robertson

The "Zuckerberg bump" and his new book club pick Digital Book World panel analyzes hoards of e-reading data Harry Potter Alliance works to spread the series' values Amazon to try its hand at feature film ... Read More »

January 20, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Craig Davidson’s double life, digital magazines eligible for Pulitzer, and more

By Becky Robertson

Craig Davidson and the idea of writing under pseudonyms Pulitzer Prize extends rules to include digital magazines U.S. academics campaign to "revive" dead vocabulary Ibooks gains one million new users a week Actor Idris Elba ... Read More »

January 19, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Spring preview 2015: short fiction & poetry

By Steven W. Beattie

A RETURN TO THE FORM Saskatchewan author Guy Vanderhaeghe is probably best known for his epic Western trilogy of historical novels, which includes The Englishman’s Boy, The Last Crossing, and A Good Man. The first ... Read More »

January 15, 2015 | Filed under: Preview

Spring preview 2015: novels

By Q&Q Staff

SETTING THE STAGE A misremembered anecdote concerning the writer Simone de Beauvoir served as the genesis for Jane Urquhart’s ninth novel. When de Beauvoir was in the process of leaving her American lover, Nelson Algren, ... Read More »

January 15, 2015 | Filed under: Preview

Digital Book Awards recognize four Canadian titles

By Becky Robertson

Four Canadian titles were recognized at last night's Digital Book Awards gala in New York City. Judged by a panel of 18 publishing design and production experts, the awards intend to celebrate excellence and innovation ... Read More »

January 15, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

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