by Alison Jones

2022 Spring Preview: Books for Young People

PICTURE BOOKS My Lala Thomas King and Charlene Chua, ill. Tundra Books/PRHC, June From Governor General’s Literary Award–winning author King comes the story of Lala, who decides she owns everything. From her bear to her ... Read More »

January 19, 2022

2022 Spring Preview: Nonfiction

By Alison Jones

Titles that inform, provoke, and inspire new ways of looking at the world Cobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower Charlie Angus House of Anansi Press, Feb. MP and author Charlie ... Read More »

January 12, 2022

Q&Q’s art director examines this year’s  trends in cover design

By Alison Jones

In cover design, big type and bright colours aren’t so much a trope as they are a necessity. Now that it has become essential for a cover to grab our attention as a thumbnail on ... Read More »

December 15, 2021

Winnipeg artists’ latest book has been in the works for more than a decade

By Alison Jones

“You can’t judge a book by its cover” is an apt summary of Library, the latest art book by contemporary Winnipeg artists Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber. Collaborators since their days at the University of ... Read More »

November 24, 2021

Short fiction roundup: The lowdown on fall’s story collections

By Alison Jones

The Running Trees Amber McMillan Goose Lane Editions, Sept. Amber McMillan calls the stories in her debut collection “conversations” and presents them in a variety of formats, from dramatic scenes to phone calls to the ... Read More »

November 10, 2021

Can short fiction prizes push a writer’s career forward?

By Alison Jones

Some winners of Canadian short-story contests have gone on to enjoy illustrious careers: Yann Martel won the Writers’ Trust McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize and 10 years later had a smash with Life of Pi. ... Read More »

November 3, 2021

The role of literary journals in building  a writer’s career

By Alison Jones

Since their first short story appeared in Prairie Fire in 1986, Vancouver writer Hamilton has published at least 60 short works of fiction, not to mention poetry and essays, in esteemed publications like Exile Quarterly, ... Read More »

November 3, 2021

Photos of 2021 Journey Prize judges David Chariandy, Esi Edugyan, and Canisia Lubrin

How the 2021 Journey Prize is encouraging  diversity in short fiction

By Alison Jones

The 33rd Writers’ Trust McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize won’t be announcing its finalists until 2022, but the prize has already made a reverberating impact on the industry. This year’s prize celebrates short stories published ... Read More »

October 27, 2021

Opinion: The demise of #OwnVoices

By Alison Jones

Come around the campfire and let me tell you the tragic tale of what befell #OwnVoices. In 2014, Asian-American authors Ellen Oh and Malinda Lo started the diversity campaign #WeNeedDiverseBooks. There were way too many ... Read More »

September 29, 2021

KidLit Special: Rap music can be a powerful literary experience

By Alison Jones

I always loved to read but never loved what I was reading. I probably never realized that as a little kid growing up on the Prairies, where my free time for enjoying books was more ... Read More »

September 22, 2021

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2022 Spring Preview: Books for Young People

2022 Spring Preview: Nonfiction

Q&Q’s art director examines this year’s  trends in cover design

Winnipeg artists’ latest book has been in the works for more than a decade

Short fiction roundup: The lowdown on fall’s story collections

Can short fiction prizes push a writer’s career forward?

The role of literary journals in building  a writer’s career

How the 2021 Journey Prize is encouraging  diversity in short fiction

Opinion: The demise of #OwnVoices

KidLit Special: Rap music can be a powerful literary experience

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