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Ray Robertson on baiting the Giller

Writing in the National Post books blog, novelist Ray Robertson says that while Alice Munro may have to forcibly remove her work from Scotiabank Giller Prize consideration, he doesn't even bother with the formality “ ... Read More »

October 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Canadian Connections

By Q&Q Staff

Sponsored Blog Post: Canadian connections found in The Time Traveler's Wife include actors Rachel McAdams as Claire Tabshire and actress Fiona Reid as Lucille Abshire; film locations in Toronto, Hamilton and Scugog Township; and one ... Read More »

August 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

About Author Audrey Niffenegger

By Q&Q Staff

Sponsored Blog Post: Audrey Niffenegger resides in Chicago, where she is a visual artist and professor in the MFA program at the Columbia College Chicago Centre for Book and Paper Arts. At the end of ... Read More »

July 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Optioning The Time Traveler’s Wife

By Q&Q Staff

Sponsored Blog Post: New Line Cinema optioned The Time Traveler's Wife soon after its publication in Fall 2003, before it became an international bestseller. New Line Cinema partnered with Plan B Production, at the time ... Read More »

July 27, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Barnes & Noble launches world’s biggest e-book store

By Suzanne Gardner

U.S. mega-chain Barnes & Noble announced in a press release yesterday the creation of the world's biggest e-book store comprising "more than 700,000 titles, including hundreds of new releases and bestsellers at only $9.99." Unlike ... Read More »

July 21, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Anne Giardini is the boss

By Nathan Whitlock

Though novelists who are also doctors (Chekhov, Maugham, Vincent Lam) get the most attention, there have been a few creative writers who have occupied lofty positions in the business world, too. Criminally underrated novelist Henry ... Read More »

May 20, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

Print-on-demand titles outnumbered traditional books in 2008

By Suzanne Gardner

Publishers Weekly is reporting that U.S. book production both rose and fell in 2008, according to statistics just released from Bowker's Books in Print database. While the number of new and revised titles released by ... Read More »

May 19, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Richard Poplak and more in the May Q&Q

By Stuart Woods

Jet-setting author Richard Poplak travelled to 17 different countries to research his latest book, which looks at the influence of American pop culture in the Muslim world, and he's Q&Q's cover subject in the May ... Read More »

May 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Atwood goes to Scotland “ and you can, too!

By Nathan Whitlock

Adventure Canada is currently offering a week-long cruise of the Scottish Isles in the company of Margaret Atwood and her husband, Graeme Gibson. There is no information given on Adventure Canada's website as to what ... Read More »

March 9, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

Cellist vs. Cellist

By Scott MacDonald

Seems there's a bit of controversy brewing around Steven Galloway's novel The Cellist of Sarajevo, which was published a few months back by Knopf Canada. (Read Q&Q's review here.) According to the CBC, the real-life ... Read More »

July 18, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

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Search Results by tag: travel

Ray Robertson on baiting the Giller

Canadian Connections

About Author Audrey Niffenegger

Optioning The Time Traveler’s Wife

Barnes & Noble launches world’s biggest e-book store

Anne Giardini is the boss

Print-on-demand titles outnumbered traditional books in 2008

Richard Poplak and more in the May Q&Q

Atwood goes to Scotland “ and you can, too!

Cellist vs. Cellist

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