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Books on film

A quick roundup of newly announced book-to-film adaptations: A new adaptation of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is set to hit the screen after a long struggle with Huxley's estate. Leonardo DiCaprio will star and ... Read More »

March 25, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: special library edition

By Nathan Whitlock

Some library-related links: Libraries saved... outside of Chatham, Ontario, anyway (Chatham Daily News) Libraries doing okay... in Toronto, anyway (Toronto Star) Libraries doing better than ever! (Toronto Star) But there's porn in the library! (The ... Read More »

January 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Pullman pulled in Peterborough

By Nathan Whitlock

Philip Pullman keeps running afoul of Ontario school boards. In what is looking like the most effective publicity campaign ignorance can buy, Pullman's The Golden Compass has been pulled from the shelves of school libraries ... Read More »

November 26, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news, Libraries

Ottawa podcasters talk kidlit

By Nathan Whitlock

Quillblog plays social convener today by introducing our book-loving readers to some book-loving podcasters with whom you may not be acquainted. Just One More Book is a thrice-weekly podcast created by an Ottawa couple, Andrea ... Read More »

October 3, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Hope for school libraries (in Ontario, anyway)

By Leigh Anne Williams

Heather Reisman can take a bow today. The Indigo CEO appears to have shamed Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty into promising a major funding boost for the province's cash-starved school library system. As The Globe and ... Read More »

September 20, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Rock the vote: Frankfurt Book Fair edition

By Leigh Anne Williams

This year's Frankfurt Book Fair officially kicks off on October 10 – the same day that Ontario is holding its provincial election and referendum. Which means that publishing folks here in the province who are ... Read More »

September 20, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Laying out the welcome mat for author Stephen Harper

By Alison Jones

In an article posted on workopolis.com, author Susan Swan welcomes Stephen Harper to the world of publishing by offering him a few tips for his upcoming book on the history of hockey. Swan uses Harper's ... Read More »

April 17, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news, Opinion

Freedom Day at the Q&Q home office

By Leigh Anne Williams

Our undying thanks to the Friends of Q&Q who managed to smuggle a small carton of the new Stephen Colbert ice cream all the way from Rochester, New York, to our downtown Toronto HQ. Ice ... Read More »

April 12, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

World may not be totally nuts after all

By Leigh Anne Williams

Update: an Ontario Catholic school board has restored David Guterson's novel Snow Falling on Cedars to its library shelves, after considering one parent's complaint about "bad language." Craig MacBride in The Mississauga News has the ... Read More »

February 8, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Resistance is futile

By Nathan Whitlock

Entertainment Weekly’s books editor, Tina Jordan, has been writing about the conundrum she faced when she discovered that her bright, bookish daughter was reading a trashy Gossip Girl novel. Discounting taking the book away as ... Read More »

February 2, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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Search Results by tag: Ontario

Books on film

Bookmarks: special library edition

Pullman pulled in Peterborough

Ottawa podcasters talk kidlit

Hope for school libraries (in Ontario, anyway)

Rock the vote: Frankfurt Book Fair edition

Laying out the welcome mat for author Stephen Harper

Freedom Day at the Q&Q home office

World may not be totally nuts after all

Resistance is futile

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