The RSS feed for Q&Q Omni, an online news service from Quill & Quire magazine. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:02:02 EST http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/rss.cfm In what could lay the groundwork for a mending of ties with other postsecondary institutions, Access Copyright has reached agreements with the University of Toronto... http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=12144 http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=12144 Natalie Samson books/authors/Canada/publishing/business Goose Lane Editions publisher Susanne Alexander and fiction editor Bethany Gibson have acquired the rights to two Canadian first novels: Chris Gudgeon’s The Song Of... http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=12145 http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=12145 Staff books/authors/Canada/publishing/business Random House of Canada has made several hires in its digital department. Christopher Frey has been hired as director of digital publishing, responsible for... http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=12143 http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=12143 Staff books/authors/Canada/publishing/business Children’s author Joyce Barkhouse, best known for her 1990 novel Pit Pony, died in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, on Feb. 2. Barkhouse was 98 years old.... http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=12141 http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=12141 Shannon Webb-Campbell books/authors/Canada/publishing/business After six years with the firm, Yvonne Hunter is no longer in charge of publicity and marketing at Penguin Canada. Hunter’s title at Penguin... http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=12142 http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=12142 Stuart Woods books/authors/Canada/publishing/business A little more than a year after taking over as CEO of Toronto’s Books for Business, CEO Sean Neville announced the financial district bookstore will... http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=12140 http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=12140 Shannon Webb-Campbell books/authors/Canada/publishing/business Kristin Cochrane has been promoted from vice-president to senior vice-president of Random House of Canada. Cochrane, who started with the company in 2005, remains as... http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=12137 http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=12137 Staff books/authors/Canada/publishing/business Codasat Canada has several distribution changes to announce. Effective immediately, Codasat is the exclusive Canadian distributor for Millichap Books. Orders, billing, and shipping are... http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=12138 http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=12138 Staff books/authors/Canada/publishing/business Greystone Books has acquired world rights to A Mother’s Story by Ginny Dennehy with Shelley Fralic. The book explores how Dennehy survived the tragedy of... http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=12139 http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=12139 Staff books/authors/Canada/publishing/business A handful of Toronto-based publishers are taking cues from the locavore food movement to organize a seasonal promotion with a neighbourhood farmers’ market. Pedlar... http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=12135 http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=12135 Natalie Samson books/authors/Canada/publishing/business