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HarperCollins Canada signs Jamie Oliver to four-book deal

HarperCollins Canada has signed U.K. chef and TV personality Jamie Oliver to a four-book deal. Save with Jamie: Shop Smart, Cook Clever, Waste Less and Jamie's 15-Minute Meals (published last year in the U.K.) will ... Read More »

June 6, 2013 | Filed under: Deals

Fall preview 2013: non-fiction and international titles for young people

By Laura Godfrey

In the June issue, Q&Q looks ahead at fall's most anticipated books for young readers. Non-fiction Deborah Ellis spent two years travelling across the U.S. and Canada speaking to native children for Looks Like Daylight: ... Read More »

June 6, 2013 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Preview

A.M. Homes wins Women’s Prize, Jonah Lehrer writes about love, and more

By Sue Carter

A.M. Homes wins Women's Prize for Fiction Jonah Lehrer shopping manuscript on the "science of love" Simon & Schuster, Amazon ... Read More »

June 6, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Fall preview 2013: fiction and picture books for young people

By Laura Godfrey

In the June issue, Q&Q looks ahead at fall's most anticipated books for young readers. Fiction In August, Scholastic Canada offers up a brand new YA series from the prolific Gordon Korman. In The Hypnotists: ... Read More »

June 6, 2013 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Preview

Canadian Jewish Book Award winners, Penguin’s DoJ testimony, and more

By Maria Siassina

Canadian Jewish Book Award winners announced Penguin CEO testifies in support of Apple DC Comics says ... Read More »

June 5, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Jeffrey Round wins Lamdba Literary Award

By Sue Carter

Jeffrey Round's Lake on the Mountain (Dundurn Press), the first novel in his Dan Sharp Mystery series, has won a Lambda Literary Award in the gay-mystery category. The awards, which celebrate achievement in lesbian, gay, ... Read More »

June 5, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

BookExpo America sees rise in attendance, Apple ebook trial hears first witness, and more

By Maria Siassina

BookExpo America buyer attendance rises Apple's associate general counsel Kevin Saul testifies in ebook trial Penguin and Random House ... Read More »

June 4, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

CBA Libris Awards announced

By Maria Siassina

Yesterday at the Toronto Congress Centre, Terry Fallis was awarded the Libris Author award, beating out Will Ferguson, Alice Munro, and Nancy Richler. Ferguson had his own victory when he took home the fiction prize ... Read More »

June 4, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

TWUC to hold referendum on admitting self-published authors

By Maria Siassina

At its 40th annual general meeting this weekend, The Writers' Union of Canada voted unanimously on a resolution to open its membership to self-published authors. The resolution will now be presented to TWUC members in ... Read More »

June 3, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news