Search Results by tag: Dave Eggers

The Fan brothers to illustrate middle-grade novel by Dave Eggers

Canadian kidlit duo Eric and Terry Fan are on board to illustrate a forthcoming middle-grade fantasy novel by U.S. author Dave Eggers, titled The Lifters. The book, about two young children exploring a magic underground world, will appear from ... Read More »

July 17, 2017 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Deals

McSweeney’s publishing goes non-profit

By Becky Robertson

Dave Eggers' San Francisco−based publishing house, McSweeney's, is slated to become a non-profit organization within the next year, joining the list of the author's other non-profit initiatives: 826, ScholarMatch, and Voice of Witness. Eggers told ... Read More »

October 16, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Book links roundup: Oprah’s book club is back, Amazon granted “electronic gifting” patent, and more

By Katie Gowrie

The return of Oprah's book club Amazon gets patent on "electronic gifting" Author and educator Earl Shorris dies at 75 Philippa Gregory's novels to be adapted for TV by BBC Rare Tintin cover sells for ... Read More »

June 4, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

From the Q&Q archives: “the new-style author event”

By Sue Carter

This week we head back to the July 2002 issue of Q&Q, and an article by Erin Gault on how young authors such as Dave Eggers and Sheila Heti were forgoing the traditional bookstore readings ... Read More »

February 24, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Children’s authors and illustrators sign proclamation demanding better picture books

By Sue Carter

A group of U.S. children's authors and illustrators have found an eye-catching way to demand better quality picture books from their peers. A manifesto, signed by 21 members of the kids' publishing industry, appeared as ... Read More »

November 21, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

Daily book biz round-up: Mankell still missing; Rick Warren goes AWOL; and more

By Scott MacDonald

All the news, none of the calories: Henning Mankell's exact whereabouts still unknown Jeff Bezos to Princeton grads: be as awesome as I am Rick Warren's highly anticipated follow-up to Purpose Driven Life to be ... Read More »

June 1, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

McSweeney’s mysterious namesake dies at 67

By Laura Godfrey

McSweeney's Quarterly has announced on its website that Timothy McSweeney, the man for whom Dave Eggers named the literary journal, died on Jan. 24 at age 67. In a letter, the McSweeney family wrote that ... Read More »

February 9, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Birthday wishes for Margaret Atwood, and more

By Stuart Woods

Bookish links from around the Web: Happy (belated) birthday, Margaret Atwood. The author turned 70 yesterday Colum McCann has won the fiction prize at the National Book Awards for his novel Let the Great World ... Read More »

November 19, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

LaferriÃ¨re wins Medicis

By Scott MacDonald

Montreal author (and recent Q&Q cover star) Dany LaferriÃ¨re is on a roll lately. After winning the $10,000 Blue Metropolis Literary Grand Prix last week, he has now been named recipient of France's illustrious Prix ... Read More »

November 4, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

Bookmarks: Terminatrix Palin, Wild Things art, and the interactive Proust questionnaire

By Alison Potstra

Sundry links from around the Web: Sarah Palin's HarperCollins editor has a double life, The Daily Beast reports. He also helped work on the satirical title published during Palin's VP run, Terminatrix: The Sarah Palin Chronicles Just ... Read More »

October 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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