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Random House of Canada launches online magazine as part of digital overhaul

What does a major publishing house look like in the digital age? Random House of Canada has offered one answer with today's launch of a multifaceted digital strategy that includes an online magazine (known as ... Read More »

August 23, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Cartoonists petition Canada Council for grant eligibility

By Sue Carter

Yesterday at San Diego's international Comic-Con convention, two generations of Canadian cartoonists, Kate Beaton (Hark! A Vagrant) and Lynn Johnston (For Better or for Worse), shared the stage for a discussion about the craft of ... Read More »

July 13, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

D&M’s Trena White lands fellowships at Frankfurt, IFOA

By Stuart Woods

Earlier this week, Q&Q reported that Trena White, publisher at D&M Publishers, has been named the inaugural Canadian editorial fellow for the I.V. Programme, the annual networking event that runs alongside Toronto's International Festival of ... Read More »

July 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Simon & Schuster book jackets to feature QR codes

By Katie Gowrie

This fall, in an effort to boost newsletter subscriptions, Simon & Schuster will feature QR codes on the back of every new book jacket. Scanning the code will lead consumers to an author page on ... Read More »

July 3, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

WordFest celebrates 100 years of the Calgary Stampede with Wild West programming

By Natalie Samson

Calgary's WordFest has teamed up with the Calgary Stampede to celebrate 100 years of the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth. WildWest Wordfest is a special summer mini-fest in tribute to Western Canada's cowboy culture in ... Read More »

June 18, 2012 | Filed under: Events

J.K. Rowling signs deal for an adult novel; Twitter goes hog wild

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Five years after finishing life at Hogwarts, J.K. Rowling is back with a new publisher and a book deal for her first adult novel. Little, Brown will publish the untitled novel in the U.S. and in ... Read More »

February 23, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Best publicity stunt of the day: Lemony Snicket and Seth collaborate on new series

By Sue Carter

Quill & Quire is not in the habit of publishing emails, but this one demands sharing. This afternoon, Q&Q was blind-copied on a correspondence between Vikki VanSickle, marketing and publicity coordinator at HarperCollins Canada, and ... Read More »

February 8, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Spring preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction

By Natalie Samson

In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the spring season's new books. MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY Revolutionary activity in the Middle East and North Africa has created an appetite for stories about life in these ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

In the July/August issue of Q&Q: 2011 fall preview

By Sue Carter

The busy season for publishers has no shortage of big new releases, with novels from Ondaatje, Vanderhaeghe, and Endicott, the Massey Lectures from Adam Gopnik, and kids' books from Kenneth Oppel and Kit Pearson. In ... Read More »

June 30, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events, Preview

Robert Kroetsch dead at 83

By Stuart Woods

The Edmonton Journal is reporting that Robert Kroetsch has died. The distinguished Alberta author, who won the Governor General's Literary Award for the novel The Studhorse Man (1969), was returning from a literary festival in ... Read More »

June 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: marketing

Random House of Canada launches online magazine as part of digital overhaul

Cartoonists petition Canada Council for grant eligibility

D&M’s Trena White lands fellowships at Frankfurt, IFOA

Simon & Schuster book jackets to feature QR codes

WordFest celebrates 100 years of the Calgary Stampede with Wild West programming

Best publicity stunt of the day: Lemony Snicket and Seth collaborate on new series

Spring preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction

In the July/August issue of Q&Q: 2011 fall preview

Robert Kroetsch dead at 83

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