Q&Q Omni Category: Local Buzz
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Trillium grant helps GTA writers’ group continue to grow
In recent years, The Writers’ Community of Durham Region has emerged as a key literary group for writers in the Greater Toronto Area. In the... Read the rest »
Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia broadens its reach
Having hired a new director and adding two new employees to make a staff of four, the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia is looking to... Read the rest »
On cloud nine
Undefeated, a novel about a young dancer’s jealousy of her rival, has become ?a top seller at Kelowna’s Mosaic Books. The book’s author, Kelowna resident... Read the rest »
Scotch pride
The Freckled Lion in Georgetown, Ontario, may be a children’s bookstore, but owner Kate Murray says parents have been keen to pick up one particular... Read the rest »
Star of the North
Given its population of barely 2,500, it’s not surprising that residents of Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, are flocking to purchase a book by a local... Read the rest »
Looming large
A 28-year-old book about improving the softness and texture of spun wool has been doing well in the town of Chilliwack, B.C. According to Amber... Read the rest »
Maritime memories
According to Lewis Falls, owner of Endless Shores Bookstore ?in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, books on local history are always surefire winners. That’s why, once again,... Read the rest »
Capturing cottage country
Part history of the Anishinabe, Jesuits, and British settlers, and part memoir of a childhood spent exploring the lakes and islands of Ontario’s cottage country,... Read the rest »
Langley through the ages
It seems the old saying about real estate holds true for bookselling as well: the three most important things are location, location, location. Warren... Read the rest »
Saskatoon self-help
A pair of books written by Saskatoon authors and published by U.S. presses have been doing especially well at Atlantis 2000, a New Age bookstore... Read the rest »
Tales of the North
It’s perhaps unsurprising that a book of Inuit folk tales would be selling well north of the 60th parallel. The title in question is Qanuq... Read the rest »
Northern living
A new book that views the different regions and cultures of the Northwest Territories through the eyes of an Aklavik boy has been a top... Read the rest »
History in the house of mystery
One apparent mystery at Whodunit? – a new and used mystery bookstore in Winnipeg – is that one of its bestselling titles is a decidedly... Read the rest »
Fishing These Parts
Alberta’s Bow River is an angler’s paradise, so it makes sense that Guy Woods’ Fishing These Parts is a top seller at Bentleys Books, which... Read the rest »
The Tent Dwellers
One hundred years ago, Albert Bigelow Paine chronicled a three-week trout-fishing trip in what is now the Tobeatic Wilderness Area of Nova Scotia. The Tent... Read the rest »
The art of community
Janice LaDuke, co-owner of Black Cat Books in Lennoxville, Quebec, says there’s one book in her store “that everyone wants right now – and it’s... Read the rest »
Local Buzz: Skiing to school
Set in a Finnish logging community near Thunder Bay, Ontario, in the late 19th century, Jean E. Pendziwol’s children’s book Marja’s Skis is a hit... Read the rest »
Northern adventures
Yukon artist Chris Caldwell is known throughout the territories for her lighthearted depictions of northern life. But when she wanted to publish a collection of... Read the rest »
Local Buzz: That Place by Tantramar
Sackville, New Brunswick, has found its bard in Douglas Lochhead, author of some 25 books of poetry, who was named the town’s first ever poet... Read the rest »
Local Buzz: Tunnels of Terror
The tunnels of Moose Jaw, once a vast subterranean network in the city’s downtown, have mostly been filled in, but they remain a rich source... Read the rest »
Local Buzz: Brick Hill and Beyond
The best salesman for Brick Hill and Beyond, a self-published memoir by Second World War veteran Gordon Fairclough, is its author, says Ruth Scowcroft, owner... Read the rest »
Local Buzz: Give Me My Father’s Body
A longtime bestseller in Arctic Ventures, the 40-year-old Iqaluit general store, is Give Me My Father’s Body, a fact-based work of fiction by Kenn Harper.... Read the rest »
Local Buzz: The Comox Valley
Comox Valley, the B.C. region stretching along the east coast of Vancouver Island, is known for its beautiful beaches, snow-touched mountain peaks, and recreational opportunities.... Read the rest »
Buzz: Silence of the North
The rapids of Slave River near Fort Smith, a small community in the Northwest Territories, provide some of the best kayaking in the world and... Read the rest »
Buzz: Mrs. Mike
Jeff Davis, co-owner of Beth’s Books in Grande Prairie, Alberta, says Mrs. Mike, a 1947 novel written by Benedict and Nancy Freedman, has been a... Read the rest »
Maclean
Located less than an hour northwest of Fredericton, near the point where TransCanada Highway 2 meets U.S. Interstate 95, Woodstock, New Brunswick (population 5,000), has... Read the rest »
Buzz, October 2004
Wildlife biologist and wilderness guide Alex Hall has been taking people out to paddle the glacial rivers near his hometown of Fort Smith, Northwest Territories,... Read the rest »
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