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J.K. Rowling is big, but not that big

You know you're big when not having accomplished something is considered news. Not that J.K. Rowling needs any reminder of her fame. Rowling is the focus of a story in The Guardian about the most ... Read More »

September 11, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

BOOKED! lineup made public

By Leigh Anne Williams

Today Reed Exhibitions posted some much-awaited details on BOOKED!, the author festival that's running just before the BookExpo Canada convention and trade show next month. The most notable event is a gala tribute to horror ... Read More »

May 1, 2007 | Filed under: Events

About those fairy tales…

By Nathan Whitlock

Will Davis writes in The Guardian's book blog about the latest round of controversy over the appearance of gay characters in children's lit in Britain. Davis was not surprised to hear of condemnations from Christian ... Read More »

March 16, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing, Industry news, Opinion

Previewing our newest print issue

By Leigh Anne Williams

The April 2007 issue of Quill & Quire will appear in stores and in subscribers' mailboxes over the next week or so. It includes a profile of Toronto novelist Cordelia Strube, a Special Report on ... Read More »

March 14, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Please, won't someone think of the children?

By Alison Jones

The latest news in book banning is courtesy of some U.S. school librarians who are refusing to carry the Newbery award-winning The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron. The librarians are in a tizzy ... Read More »

February 20, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Latte lit

By Nathan Whitlock

Booksellers, already competing with grocery superstores and price clubs, will surely be thrilled to hear that Starbucks, as previously noted on Quillblog, plans to start selling books this fall. Mitch Albom's latest novel, For One ... Read More »

August 11, 2006 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Take that, Cubans exiles!

By Cassandra Drudi

Miami schoolchildren can get their dose of Cuba after all, the L.A. Times reported today, as "a federal judge Monday ordered the Miami-Dade County School District to restore a children's book about Cuba to school ... Read More »

July 25, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

HarperCollins saves this little piggy from the chopping block

By Cassandra Drudi

In this week's episode of "Meet Your Meat," HarperCollins saves a photogenic porcine pin-up from his fate at the end of an axe. Boonkinja links to an NBC story about HarperCollins' search for a fresh ... Read More »

July 12, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Book reviews are so easy even a child could do it

By Cassandra Drudi

Fresh reviewer on the literati scene and CNN.com special reporter Andrew Oglesby writes a top-notch book review, despite the fact that the man is a mere six years old. CNN.com staffer Christy Oglesby's kid was ... Read More »

July 5, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Children's book writing: it's not rocket science, apparently

By Cassandra Drudi

Or astrophysics, for that matter. Theoretical physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking is going to put his magnificent super-brain to writing a children's book, according to the Guardian. During a lecture in Hong Kong yesterday, Hawking ... Read More »

June 14, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

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Search Results by tag: children's books

J.K. Rowling is big, but not that big

BOOKED! lineup made public

About those fairy tales…

Previewing our newest print issue

Please, won't someone think of the children?

Latte lit

Take that, Cubans exiles!

HarperCollins saves this little piggy from the chopping block

Book reviews are so easy even a child could do it

Children's book writing: it's not rocket science, apparently

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