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New feature: From the Q&Q archives

For 77 years, Quill & Quire has been the magazine of the Canadian book trade and a comprehensive source of industry news, book reviews, and author profiles. Each Friday, Quillblog will dust off an old ... Read More »

February 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Carmen Aguirre wins CBC Canada Reads

By Natalie Samson

Carmen Aguirre came out victorious at this year's CBC Canada Reads. The B.C.-based author and playwright's memoir, Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter (Douglas & McIntyre), about growing up in the underground among South ... Read More »

February 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian fiction

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Esi Edugyan's Scotiabank Giller Prize“winning novel, Half-Blood Blues, remains on top of this week's Canadian fiction bestsellers' list. For the two weeks ending Jan. 22: 1. Half-Blood Blues, Esi Edugyan (Thomas Allen Publishers, $24.95 pa, 9780887627415) 2. ... Read More »

January 30, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers

McClelland & Stewart acquisition by the numbers

By Stuart Woods

Here are some key figures from Q&Q's latest story on the acquisition of McClelland & Stewart by Random House of Canada: 100% The share of McClelland & Stewart now owned by Random House of Canada ... Read More »

January 11, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

ACP “mourns the loss” of a national cultural institution

By Sue Carter

The Association of Canadian Publishers has called Random House of Canada's acquisition of McClelland & Stewart the "end of a long and illustrious history of a Canadian cultural institution." In a press release, ACP president ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Random House of Canada acquires sole ownership of M&S

By Stuart Woods

One of Canada's most beloved and respected publishing houses, McClelland & Stewart, has been acquired by its part-owner, Random House of Canada. M&S had been a wholly Canadian-owned company from its inception in 1906 until ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

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

Gill, Westoll among Charles Taylor Prize nominees

By Stuart Woods

Just as a pair of novels came to dominate the past fall's literary awards season, so too has a pair of non-fiction titles, about tree-planting in the Pacific Northwest and a group of chimps living ... Read More »

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

Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011

By Steven W. Beattie

Critic, gadfly, supporter of the Iraq war, misogynist, atheist. Christopher Hitchens was all these things. He was also one of the most erudite and plain-spoken writers of his day, possessed of intelligence, wit, and interests ... Read More »

December 16, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Charles Taylor Prize reveals first ever longlist

By Stuart Woods

Since it was launched in 2000, the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-fiction has traditionally been among the first major literary prizes celebrated in the new year. Now, for the first time, organizers have revealed ... Read More »

December 12, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

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Search Results by tag: McClelland & Stewart

New feature: From the Q&Q archives

Carmen Aguirre wins CBC Canada Reads

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian fiction

McClelland & Stewart acquisition by the numbers

ACP “mourns the loss” of a national cultural institution

Random House of Canada acquires sole ownership of M&S

Spring preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction

Gill, Westoll among Charles Taylor Prize nominees

Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011

Charles Taylor Prize reveals first ever longlist

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