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Bookmarks: Apple Tablet rumours, books banned on airplanes, and more

A few bookish links from across the Web: The rumoured Apple Tablet comes closer to reality: the new product, potentially called iSlate, is expected to be unveiled on Jan. 26 in San Francisco Danger! Apparently, ... Read More »

January 5, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

New Yorker cans short fiction issue

By Steven W. Beattie

On December 4, Douglas Hunter published an opinion piece in The Globe and Mail suggesting that the annual CBC literary smackdown known as Canada Reads is biased against non-fiction: I think it's super that Canadian ... Read More »

December 14, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

Bookmarks: Four magazines die, a classic threatened (again), and the two-timing ways of Archie Andrews

By Alison Potstra

Bookish links from around the Web: The foodie bride's lament: Condé Nast-owned magazines Gourmet, Cookie, Elegant Bride, and Modern Bride all cease publication More book banning madness: Toronto parent wants Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird ... Read More »

October 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book links, Book news

It’s official: litmags to be cut out of CPF funding

By Stuart Woods

There will be no exceptions for small literary and cultural magazines under the new Canada Periodical Fund, the department of Canadian Heritage has confirmed. In a letter to The New Quarterly managing editor Rosalynn Tyo, ... Read More »

August 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Barnes & Noble launches world’s biggest e-book store

By Suzanne Gardner

U.S. mega-chain Barnes & Noble announced in a press release yesterday the creation of the world's biggest e-book store comprising "more than 700,000 titles, including hundreds of new releases and bestsellers at only $9.99." Unlike ... Read More »

July 21, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

BC Book and Magazine Week

By Eric Emin Wood

It's almost time again for BC Book and Magazine Week (BCBMW), the province's week-long celebration of all things literary. Founded in 1999, the festival takes place at multiple locations across B.C., from Victoria to Vancouver ... Read More »

April 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Events

More bad news for American book coverage

By Scott MacDonald

It looks like the rumors were true about The Washington Post's standalone book supplement. According to The New York Times, Book World will cease publication after Feb. 15. Book World was one of the last ... Read More »

January 28, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

A new home for short stories

By Scott MacDonald

Toronto-based authors Emily Schultz and Brian Joseph Davis have come together and launched a new website for short fiction, called Joyland. In a mass e-mail sent to Q&Q, they explain the impetus for the site: ... Read More »

June 27, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

What the world needs now: more reading

By Michelle Collins

All around the world, it seems, people need to step up their reading habits: To cultivate a love of reading among Russian city dwellers, a Reading Moscow Train painted with portraits of characters and excerpts ... Read More »

February 12, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Hearst magazines go with Canada-only prices

By Stuart Woods

In a story that's near and dear to our hearts here at Quillblog, The Toronto Star is reporting that Hearst Magazines “ which publishes Cosmopolitan, Oprah Magazine, Seventeen, Good Housekeeping, Popular Mechanics and Esquire “ ... Read More »

December 18, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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