Search Results by tag: Christmas

Book Making: Seth disguises his cartoony style for Biblioasis’s collection of Christmas ghost stories

The Christmas ghost story is a literary tradition long past its heyday, but ardent fans still remain. Last year, Biblioasis released the first two instalments in a reissue series of mainly out-of-print Victorian holiday ghost ... Read More »

December 15, 2016 | Filed under: Deals

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

Holiday gift round-up: scary Dickens dolls, gifts for the verbally inclined, and more

By Sue Carter

It's that season again, when every media outlet pushes a gift-giving guide on its readers. This year, Quillblog has ... Read More »

December 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Windsor Library settles in wrongful dismissal suit

By Natalie Samson

A controversial lawsuit brought against the Windsor Public Library Board by its former CEO, Brian Bell, has been settled out of court. Windsor Star columnist Anne Jarvis criticized the settlement with Bell, which she pegs ... Read More »

December 6, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Daily book biz round-up: say yes to NaNoWriMo; Tea Partiers write kids’ book; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Jacket Copy rebuts Laura Miller's screed against NaNoWriMo Tea Partiers write kids' book about Obama stealing Christmas Neil Gaiman on Stephen King Video: Four years ago: man drives a car while reading ... Read More »

November 5, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Daily book biz round-up: white Twilight; How to be Alone; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Either Amazon, Apple, or B&N is lying about their share of the e-book market Twilight novels get virginal white covers for Christmas PEI poet breaks through on YouTube with How to be ... Read More »

August 10, 2010 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Author makes Christmas trek to Ottawa to deliver book

By Steven W. Beattie

How far should an author go in response to a negative review? When Dan Fleisch, an author from Springfield, Ohio, read an Amazon review of his book, A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equation, which gave ... Read More »

February 9, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

Year-end book sales up in 2008, according to BookNet Canada report

By Stuart Woods

Despite bad winter weather and an even bleaker economic climate, Canadian book sales were up by 6% in the last three months of 2008, according to a report released today by BookNet Canada. But according ... Read More »

January 19, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Arthur C. Clarke’s birthday wish list, the LongPen in the NYT and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Arthur C. Clarke makes his wish list for his 90th birthday (The Guardian) Have you heard about this LongPen thing? Some people haven't, apparently (The New York Times) Derek McCormack's fashionable Christmas ... Read More »

December 17, 2007 | Filed under: Book links

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