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Love letters by CanLit icons are for adults only

Canadian authors are well represented in a book of fictional love letters, titled Four Letter Word, which is being published by Knopf Canada in 2008. Prior to its release, Times Online is inviting readers to ... Read More »

October 11, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Love letters by CanLit icons are for adults only

By Stuart Woods

October 11, 2007

Winners of Scholastic Canada's Kids Are Authors competition

By Q&Q Staff

Students at Highfield Junior School in Toronto won Scholastic Canada's Kids Are Authors competition with their book Counting on Zero. The prize is normally worth $1,000, but for the tenth anniversary of the competition the ... Read More »

October 11, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Doris Lessing captures Nobel Prize in Literature

By Stuart Woods

Doris Lessing is the 2007 Nobel laureate in literature – and only the 11th woman in the prize's 106-year history. Presented this morning in Stockholm, the citation describes Lessing as "that epicist of the female ... Read More »

October 11, 2007 | Filed under: Awards, Industry news

Lost in translation

By Nathan Whitlock

Author Nancy Huston, who was born in Calgary but has lived in Paris for more than 30 years, says in an interview on The Tyee that she thinks hope for humanity lies in translation. "I ... Read More »

October 10, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Hyphen cutbacks

By Nathan Whitlock

While rumours of its demise may be exaggerated or at least premature, about 16,000 hyphens have been eliminated in the new edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, a scaled-down version of the 20-volume OED, ... Read More »

October 10, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Carl Wilson's heart will go on

By Leigh Anne Williams

Toronto writer, music blogger, and Globe and Mail editor Carl Wilson is set to publish a most unusual book of music criticism. Wilson is doing a title for the 33-1/3 series of short books devoted ... Read More »

October 4, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

William Gibson goes to church

By Q&Q Staff

William Gibson was recently in Toronto to promote his new novel, Spook Country (G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin). He did an onstage interview at Bloor St. United Church as part of This Is Not A Reading Series. ... Read More »

October 4, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Lorna Jackson meets Marty the Marmot

By Q&Q Staff

Author, journalist, teacher, and broadcaster Lorna Jackson recently launched her new book, Cold-Cocked: On Hockey (Biblioasis), and received an endorsement from no less respected a figure than Marty the Marmot, mascot for the Victoria Salmon ... Read More »

October 4, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Living the dream at Rocky Mountain launch

By Q&Q Staff

Rocky Mountain Books launched its anthology Adventurous Dreams, Adventurous Lives in late September at the Toronto condo of Bill Jamieson. (Photos by Michael Dubrule / courtesy of Rocky Mountain Books) Ken McGoogan, ready for action. ... Read More »

October 4, 2007 | Filed under: Events

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Love letters by CanLit icons are for adults only

Love letters by CanLit icons are for adults only

Winners of Scholastic Canada's Kids Are Authors competition

Doris Lessing captures Nobel Prize in Literature

Lost in translation

Hyphen cutbacks

Carl Wilson's heart will go on

William Gibson goes to church

Lorna Jackson meets Marty the Marmot

Living the dream at Rocky Mountain launch

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