by Conan Tobias

Backlist: 63 years ago in Quill & Quire

Quill & Quire took a broad view of book news in its early days, regularly reporting on all things writerly. In its Stationary News section for April 1953, the magazine reported on the W.A. Sheaffer ... Read More »

April 21, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Seth, DeForge, Tamaki among Doug Wright Award nominees

By Conan Tobias

Nominees for the 2016 Doug Wright Awards were announced on April 21, with many established names featured alongside several up-and-comers. Montreal's Drawn & Quarterly dominated the best book award category, with five of the six ... Read More »

April 21, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Awards: Tamaki, Beaton make Eisner list in record year for female artists

By Conan Tobias

Canadians Jillian Tamaki, Kate Beaton, and Ethan Rilly are among the nominees announced on April 19 for the 2016 Eisner Awards, highlighting the best publications and creators in comics and graphic novels distributed in the United ... Read More »

April 20, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Literary Event Listings: April 18–24

By Conan Tobias

MONDAY, APRIL 18 Jennifer Manuel and Tricia Dower: Book launch for The Heaviness of Things That Float and Becoming Lin. Book Warehouse, 4118 Main St., Vancouver. 7 p.m. Free TUESDAY, APRIL 19 Anansi Poetry ... Read More »

April 18, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Canadian Heritage will award funds faster, more fairly

By Conan Tobias

The Department of Canadian Heritage is making several changes to the way it processes funding requests, in an effort to get money to arts organizations faster, and more fairly. Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly announced on ... Read More »

April 14, 2016

Backlist: 68 years ago in Quill & Quire, John McClelland gave Barbara Ann Scott a cookbook

By Conan Tobias

When Barbara Ann Scott became the first Canadian to win Olympic gold in ladies single figure skating, at the 1948 Winter Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland, she became known as Canada's Sweetheart. Along with ... Read More »

April 14, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Events: April 11–17

By Conan Tobias

FEATURED EVENT Blue Metropolis: Montreal’s international literary festival celebrates its 18th year, with 228 writers and performers taking the stage over the week-long event, including Joseph Boyden, Anakana Schofield, Carmen Aguirre, and Richard Blanco. Eleanor ... Read More »

April 11, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Three Taylor Prize finalists share their reading habits

By Conan Tobias

On Monday, March 7, the winner of this year’s $25,000 Charles Taylor Prize will be announced. Named for author and reporter Charles Taylor, the prize is awarded to the author whose book from the past ... Read More »

March 3, 2016

Backlist: 47 years ago in Quill & Quire

By Conan Tobias

In its March 28, 1969, issue, Quill & Quire reported on a new joint venture between Montreal's McGill University and Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Together, the two institutions established McGill–Queen's University Press, "a successor ... Read More »

March 3, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Back List: 39 years ago in Quill & Quire

By Conan Tobias

The Apple I computer was only six months old when the University of Waterloo library went digital. In its Feb. 15, 1977, issue, Quill & Quire reported that all books in the school's system would ... Read More »

February 18, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

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