Port Hope’s Furby House Books faces closure
By the end of next month, Furby House Books in Port Hope, Ontario, will either have found a new owner or have closed, according to proprietor Bill Edwards. “The place is for sale,” Edwards says. “If...
View ArticleBook biz roundup: Yann Martel calls it quits; HarperCollins “friends” teen...
Yann Martel, “tired of using books as political bullets and grenades,” quits his book club Jeff Lemire, Kate Beaton, and Conundrum Press among nominees for Joe Shuster Awards HarperCollins to publish...
View ArticleBook biz round-up: The revolution will be tweeted, and more
New York-based OR Books will publish Tweets from Tahrir, a compilation of Twitter dispatches from Egypt’s recent political revolution The nominees for Quebec’s best French-language comics include Jeff...
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Killer comics, part two: Editions Tchai, Top Shelf, and Jeff Lemire
In less than a decade, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (May 5“6) has grown from a niche event into an annual gathering that attracts upward of 15,000 attendees. In the May 2012 issue, Q&Q takes a...
View ArticleSt. John’s prepares to host first Atlantic Book Awards
For the first time in its almost 13-year history, the Atlantic Book Awards are moving from Halifax. The May 17 ceremony, which wraps up a week of free book events in all four Atlantic provinces, will...
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This weekend in Canadian literary events: July 27-29
The season of literary festivals and readings in the park is well underway, and it’s not slowing down this weekend. Here are just a few of the events featured on Q&Q‘s calendar. This is the last...
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Graphic novelist Jeff Lemire’s Essex County to be adapted for TV
First Generation Films has announced it has optioned television rights to Toronto comics artist Jeff Lemire’s Essex County, a trilogy of short graphic novels published by Georgia-based Top Shelf...
View ArticlePreview: Jeff Lemire and Gord Downie’s graphic novel, Secret Path
Secret Path, a graphic novel written by musician Gord Downie and illustrated by Toronto-based cartoonist Jeff Lemire, was released Oct.… Read More »
View ArticleZoe Whittall’s Giller-shortlisted novel tops Indigo’s list of best books of 2016
Indigo has released its list of the best books of 2016‚ as curated by the bookseller chain’s corporate staff‚ including… Read More »
View ArticleDaily Deals: Jeff Lemire graphic novel to be adapted to film produced by Ryan...
Anonymous Content (Spotlight, True Detective, The Revenant) has optioned film rights to Toronto comic creator Jeff Lemire's 2012 graphic novel The Underwater Welder (Top Shelf Productions/Canadian...
View Article2017 Joe Shuster nominees announced
Nominees for this year's Joe Shuster Awards, recognizing achievements in the field of Canadian comics, have been announced.
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