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Alice Munro among Trillium Book Award winners

The Trillium Book Awards were handed out on Tuesday at a dinner in Toronto. Michael Chan, the Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Sport presented the awards which honour literary excellence in works published in Ontario in ... Read More »

June 19, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Event photos: highlights from spring launches, awards, and parties

By Sue Carter

As the spring season winds down, here are just a few highlights from the past ... Read More »

June 19, 2013 | Filed under: Events

Amazon Publishing has its first million-copy selling author, new ebook DRM technology, and more

By Maria Siassina

Oliver PÃ¶tzsch is Amazon Publishing's first million-copy selling author New DRM changes text of ebooks to catch pirates Kim Jong Un reportedly ... Read More »

June 19, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Vice’s contentious women writer photos, Library and Archives Canada’s private digitizing deal, and more

By Maria Siassina

Vice takes down "fashion spread" based on women writer suicides Canada's former chief librarian and archivist criticizes private digitizing deal Public libraries in America outnumber McDonalds and Starbucks Stephen King pledges $3 million to repair ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Ways to Display! Corey Mintz at Type Books

By Maria Siassina

Type Books on Queen Street West in Toronto has a new window display celebrating Corey Mintz's book, How to Host a ... Read More »

June 17, 2013 | Filed under: Bookselling

Christopher Meades wins CAA Literary Award

By Sue Carter

On June 15 at a ceremony in Orillia, Ontario, Vancouver's Christopher Meades was presented with the Canadian Authors Association's fiction award for his novel The Last Hiccup (ECW Press). Founded in 1975, the CAA Literary ... Read More »

June 17, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Robert Kennedy Publishing shuts down

By Sue Carter

A little more than a year after taking over Robert Kennedy Publishing, CEO and publisher Tosca Reno has announced the company's closure. On a blog post on her personal website, Reno confirms that the fitness ... Read More »

June 17, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news

Lisa Moore: trusting change

By Q&Q Staff

In the June 2013 issue of Q&Q, Mark Callanan speaks to Lisa Moore about her third novel, Caught, a story of courage and escape When Lisa Moore's February won the CBC's Canada Reads competition earlier ... Read More »

June 17, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Steve Jobs snubbed ebooks, new Salinger doc trailer, and more

By Maria Siassina

Steve Jobs initially didn't want to enter ebook market Trailer for Shane Salerno's Salinger documentary released Rysa Walker's ... Read More »

June 17, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Writing and motherhood, library-book vending machines, and more

By Sue Carter

Authors react to The Atlantic's controversial essay on writing and motherhood California library installs vending machine for kids' books How ... Read More »

June 14, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

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