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Adaptation of Stephen King novella to film in Halifax

Shooting has wrapped on the miniseries adaptation of Lawrence Hill's The Book of Negroes, but film crews in Nova Scotia won't have much time off before starting a new project. The Hollywood Reporter and Variety ... Read More »

June 25, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Editorial changes at Q&Q

By Q&Q Staff

Q&Q today announced some masthead changes. After five years in the role, editor Stuart Woods is stepping down. (His last day will be July 18.) Replacing him as editor is Q&Q’s current Web editor, Sue ... Read More »

June 25, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

James Patterson donates £250,000 to U.K. bookstores, first trailer for latest Hunger Games movie, and more

By Dory Cerny

James Patterson to donate £250,000 to independent bookshops in the U.K. and Ireland First full-length trailer released for Mockingjay, Part 1 Guelph Public Library launches Book Find Project American Academy of Pediatrics recommends reading to ... Read More »

June 25, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Hachette Book Group acquires Perseus Books Group

By Julie Baldassi

Publishers Lunch is reporting that Hachette Book Group has acquired the publishing and distribution company Perseus Books Group in “an unusual three-way transaction,” with a formal announcement expected from Hachette later today. According to Publishers Lunch: ... Read More »

June 24, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Stepping up to the plate with professional cookbook food stylists

By Melissa Buote

In the June issue of Q&Q, Melissa Buote looks at how professional food stylists turn cookbooks into works of gastronomical art Stunning food photography isn’t as simple as Instagram makes it look. All the digital ... Read More »

June 24, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Dany Laferriere wins 2014 International Literature Award

By Julie Baldassi

Germany’s International Literature Award (Haus der Kulturen der Welt) has been awarded to Canadian author Dany Laferrière and translator Beate Thill for Das Rätsel der Rückkehr, which appeared as The Return (Douglas & McIntyre) in 2011. (The novel was first published ... Read More »

June 24, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Tamai Kobayashi wins 2014 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers

By Julie Baldassi

Tamai Kobayashi was awarded The Writer’s Trust of Canada’s $4,000 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers yesterday at a ceremony hosted by NOW magazine editor Susan G. Cole. Honours of distinction went to Rae Spoon ... Read More »

June 24, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Amazon controversy hits Europe, hashtags in book marketing, and more

By Julie Baldassi

The latest on Amazon: the online retailer presses for new terms with publishers in the U.K.; German trade association files a complaint; MobyLives sums up the ongoing controversy The case of #Girlboss: book marketing in the ... Read More »

June 24, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Jon Klassen wins CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal

By Steven W. Beattie

Jon Klassen has become the first Canadian to win the U.K.'s prestigious CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, awarded for "distinguished illustration in a book for children." The Winnipeg-born author won the prize for his 2012 book, ... Read More »

June 23, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Ann-Marie MacDonald on pride and the pain of the past, how technology affects writing, and more

By Steven W. Beattie

Ann-Marie MacDonald on love, anger, and letting go of the past Reports out of Mosul indicate that Islamic militants have destroyed a statue of Arab poet Abu Tammam, among other cultural artifacts Joe Dunthorne, Tom ... Read More »

June 23, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

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