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Harry Potter works magic on Indigo’s Q2 sales numbers

A new entry in the Harry Potter series helped bolster second-quarter revenue for Indigo Books & Music, offsetting a continued drop in colouring-book sales. Revenue for Indigo's most recent quarter, ended Oct. 1, was $217 million, up ... Read More »

November 10, 2016 | Filed under: Bookselling

Book Links: The literary world reacts to Donald Trump’s win

By Becky Robertson

Authors (LitHub), including J.K. Rowling (Entertainment Weekly)‚ and the literary community (Twitter) react to Donald Trump's win. A look at the authors who do support the new president-elect. (The Los Angeles Times) Tim Kaine quotes ... Read More »

November 9, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: PRH’s new book app; machine judges books by their covers

By Becky Robertson

Penguin Random House launches new book discovery app in U.K. (GalleyCat) Researchers create machine to judge books by their covers. (MIT Technology Review) Newly discovered Anne Frank poem goes to auction. (Entertainment Weekly) Adobe creates technology ... Read More »

November 8, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Awards: Madeleine Thien wins the $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize

By Sue Carter

Madeleine Thien became the most celebrated author of the literary-awards season on Nov. 7, when she was presented with the $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing. Musician Tanya Tagaq, ... Read More »

November 8, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Photos: Writers’ Trust Awards 2016

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada honoured the country's top authors and the year's best books at a ceremony for its annual literary awards‚ held at Toronto's Glenn Gould Studio on Nov. 2. Seven prizes were ... Read More »

November 7, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Lynne Kutsukake and Genevieve Blouin win Canada-Japan Literary Awards

By Becky Robertson

The Canada Council for the Arts honoured a number of performance‚ visual‚ and other artists with its annual CC Awards on Nov. 4. Toronto author Lynne Kutsukake and Quebec writer Geneviève Blouin were named recipients ... Read More »

November 7, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: The best, most tremendous Trump stories of the day

By Becky Robertson

A guide to moving to Canada, in anticipation of tomorrow's U.S. election outcome. (Good e-Reader) A list of Trump picture books inspired by the election. (GalleyCat) Twenty-two famous authors on Trump. (LitHub) What Amazon's acquisition of Westland says ... Read More »

November 7, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Literary event listings: Nov. 7–13, 2016

By Conan Tobias

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Scotiabank Giller Light Bash: Fundraiser for Frontier College. Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas St. E., Toronto. 7 p.m. $30–$40. Vallum: Magazine and chapbook launch, with Jeramy Dodds, Megan Callahan, Greg Santos, Amanda Earl, ... Read More »

November 7, 2016 | Filed under: Events

Book Making: A wealth of archival material made every day Christmas for Steve Penfold

By Q&Q Staff

When a boy from the Toronto suburbs grows up to write A Mile of Make-Believe: A History of the Eaton’s Santa Claus Parade (University of Toronto Press), one might expect the book to be filled ... Read More »

November 7, 2016 | Filed under: Book culture, Bookselling

Jo Ellen Bogart and Sydney Smith title makes NYT’s 2016 best picture book list

By Becky Robertson

The White Cat and the Monk, a collaboration between Ontario-based children's author Jo Ellen Bogart and Sidewalk Flowers illustrator Sydney Smith‚ has landed on The New York Times list of Best Illustrated Children's Books for 2016. The Groundwood Books title is ... Read More »

November 3, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Awards

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