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 »
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The very long list of nominees for the 2011 ReLit Awards, which celebrates novels, poetry, and short fiction titles published by Canadian independent presses, has been announced. ECW Press leads this year's longlist with nine ... Read More »
August 8, 2011 | Filed under: Awards
Shortlists for the annual Gerald Lampert Award and the Pat Lowther Memorial Award were announced last night at the National Poetry Month launch event in Toronto. The Gerald Lampert Award recognizes the best debut poetry ... Read More »
In yet another sign of financial turmoil, Random House parent company Bertelsmann has cancelled its annual Frankfurt Book Fair soiree “ long a staple of the fall publishing calendar, and the one Frankfurt party everyone ... Read More »
About 225 industry people crowded into a Toronto conference room on Thursday for BookNet Canada's annual technology forum. The theme of this year's conference was evolution or revolution, though most of the speakers seemed to ... Read More »
March 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
There's some scary stuff going on at Random House in the U.S. today. Industry observers anticipated changes to the company's organizational structure after new CEO Markus Dohle took over earlier this year, but few could ... Read More »
December 3, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news
The winner of the 26th annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for the worst opening line of an imaginary novel was announced last week (the winner wrote something about passion in a New York City taxi). However, ... Read More »
Margaret Atwood's LongPen is set to wow crowds at BookExpo America in a couple of weeks, but at least one commentator is unconvinced of its appeal. Author Stephen Henighan attended the failed test signing at ... Read More »
May 4, 2006 | Filed under: Authors
With sales of upwards of 25 million copies and a broad readership that even includes In Other Media's mother, who, as a rule, does not read books written in English, The Da Vinci Code truly ... Read More »
January 10, 2006 | Filed under: Book news