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Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards shortlists announced

The finalists have been announced for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards, a pair of annual $6,000 prizes that recognize excellence in writing and illustration in Canadian English-language books. This year's winners will ... Read More »

April 17, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Libris shortlists announced

By Courtney Harper

The Retail Council of Canada has announced the finalists for the 2014 Libris Awards. Nominated and selected by members of the Canadian book industry, the awards recognize excellence among authors, publishers, editors, sales representatives, and ... Read More »

April 17, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

E.L. Doctorow wins Library of Congress Prize, Kickstarter fundraises for NYC pizza book, and more

By Courtney Harper

E.L. Doctorow wins 2014 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction Kickstarter project aims to raise $15,000 for New York City pizza-themed coffee-table book Jaden Smith to act in adaptation of James McBride's The Good Lord Bird ... Read More »

April 17, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Q&A: Cinema Politica’s Ezra Winton on launching a self-published book

By Julie Baldassi

Last week, Montreal's Cinema Politica launched its first book, Screening Truth to Power: A Reader on Documentary Activism, a compendium of writing by filmmakers, activists, and academics to mark the non-profit organization's 10-year anniversary. What ... Read More »

April 17, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Cover to Cover: Janet Munsil’s That Elusive Spark

By Sue Carter

Click on the thumbnails to see how designer Natalie Olsen draws on a 19th-century industrial accident to suggest the ... Read More »

April 17, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Goodreads syncs with Amazon purchases, Lee Boudreaux to start Little, Brown imprint, and more

By Courtney Harper

Goodreads' new feature allows users to sync Amazon purchases to shelves Ecco's editorial director Lee Boudreaux to launch Little, Brown imprint Best Translated Book Awards announce 20 finalists J.K. Rowling writes series of Quidditch reports on fan ... Read More »

April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

NSFW: David Cronenberg’s new book trailer

By Sue Carter

It's rare (if ever) that Q&Q posts a link considered not safe for work, but we'll make an exception for David Cronenberg. A trailer for the filmmaker's debut novel, Consumed, has appeared on the website of ... Read More »

April 15, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Paul Wells wins $10,000 J.W. Dafoe Book Prize

By Courtney Harper

Two weeks after receiving the Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing, Maclean's politics editor Paul Wells has won the 2014 J.W. Dafoe Book Prize for The Longer I'm Prime Minister: Stephen Harper and Canada, 2006“ ... Read More »

April 15, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Biographer Gregory White Smith dies, Gone Girl trailer offers tip line for fans, and more

By Courtney Harper

Pulitzer Prize“winning biographer Gregory White Smith dies at 62 Gone Girl trailer offers tip line (855-4-Amy-Tips) for fans Random House acquires unearthed works by The Lottery author Shirley Jackson Grade 5 class wins Raptors' DeMar DeRozan All Star Book Program courtesy of ... Read More »

April 15, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Cooking lessons from the University of Guelph’s culinary collection

By Sue Carter

Melissa McAfee, special collections librarian at the University of Guelph, delicately opens a 1684 fifth edition of The Queen-Like Closet by Hannah Woolley, a British widower believed to be the first woman to make a ... Read More »

April 15, 2014 | Filed under: Libraries

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