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Celebrating Katherine Mansfield

On the occasion of a new Penguin Classics edition of The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield, novelist Ali Smith looks back at the life and career of the New Zealand-born fiction writer, who died in ... Read More »

April 19, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Playing dressup for The Iliad

By Alison Jones

On boingboing.net, designer Larry Knox breaks down the process of creating a cover for The Iliad, which he did right in his own living room. Knox fashioned a spear out of clay and a wooden ... Read More »

April 10, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

A manly man is hard to find, says Harlequin

By Leigh Anne Williams

The National Post reports that Canadian romance giant Harlequin is having a hard time finding suitable cover models. So much so that they're holding a public audition in Toronto this weekend – and spindly, sallow ... Read More »

March 22, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Previewing our newest print issue

By Leigh Anne Williams

The April 2007 issue of Quill & Quire will appear in stores and in subscribers' mailboxes over the next week or so. It includes a profile of Toronto novelist Cordelia Strube, a Special Report on ... Read More »

March 14, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Online bookshelves keep expanding

By Alison Jones

Shelfari, which launched in October last year, is another website aimed at developing a book-sharing community. Similar to LibraryThing, which Quillblog previously discussed here, Shelfari allows members to put their personal libraries online. The platform ... Read More »

February 20, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Judging a library by its book covers

By Alison Jones

There’s still a lot of love being felt for LibraryThing, an online way to snoop at people’s bookshelves. The website recently got a mention on Guardian writer Sam Jordison's blog and on Bookninja. On LibraryThing, ... Read More »

February 7, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Undercover reading

By Alison Jones

Stephen King is the U.K.’s favourite guilty pleasure read, as reported in The Guardian. In a survey conducted for the Costa Book Awards 2006, King topped a list that included J.K. Rowling, John Grisham, and ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Justin Trudeau to host the Giller gala

By Nathan Whitlock

CTV announced yesterday that Justin Trudeau would host this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize awards night. "I've always been a fan of Canadian literature," declared Trudeau. "I think it's important that we celebrate and highlight the ... Read More »

October 27, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Frey speaks, selectively

By Leigh Anne Williams

In case anyone missed it, James Frey has spoken in-depth to a reporter – Laura Barton, writing for The Guardian – for the first time since the massive controversy over his Oprah-anointed but exaggerated "memoir," ... Read More »

September 21, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Vietnam adjusts to new book business

By Cassandra Drudi

Literary Saloon links to a VietNamNet Bridge story on the difficulties Vietnamese publishers face. Vietnam has been tightening control over copyrights in the wake of the ratification of the Bern Convention for Literary and Artistic ... Read More »

August 22, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: cover design

Celebrating Katherine Mansfield

Playing dressup for The Iliad

A manly man is hard to find, says Harlequin

Previewing our newest print issue

Online bookshelves keep expanding

Judging a library by its book covers

Undercover reading

Justin Trudeau to host the Giller gala

Frey speaks, selectively

Vietnam adjusts to new book business

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