by Jason Spencer

Alternative markets: why publishers are turning to zine fairs to woo new readers

Canzine, the country's largest festival dedicated to zines and independent culture, happens this Sunday in Toronto (the Vancouver edition is scheduled for Nov. 17). Following the success of last year's event, writer Jason Spencer spoke ... Read More »

October 19, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Fall preview 2011: international books

By Jason Spencer

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the fall season's biggest books. FICTION Originally excerpted in The Paris Review in 2002, Denis Johnson's novella Train Dreams (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/D&M Publishers, $19.95 cl.) rolls ... Read More »

August 30, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Murakami novel removed from New Jersey high school reading list

By Jason Spencer

Japanese author Haruki Murakami's 1987 novel Norwegian Wood has been removed from the summer reading list for students at a New Jersey high school. The move comes only a month after Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five and ... Read More »

August 25, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: hidden meanings, rhetorical devices, and more

By Jason Spencer

A psychologist says pronoun usage speaks volumes about one's psyche NASA forms partnership with Tor-Forge Books to assist science fiction writers A New York Times columnist argues about how David Foster Wallace argued Review of ... Read More »

August 23, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Canadian literary event round-up: Aug. 19-25

By Jason Spencer

Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week: The People's Poetry Festival kick-off, featuring Wakefield Brewster, Iqbal (Bob) Haider, Meghan Doraty, David Rhoads, Erin Dinkle, Diane ... Read More »

August 19, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Event photos: Mixed Type

By Jason Spencer

St. John's publishers Breakwater Books and Creative Book Publishing joined forces Wednesday night to deliver an evening of spoken word and music. The event, dubbed "Mix Type," featured hometown writers Linden MacIntyre, Patrick Warner, Gerard ... Read More »

August 18, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Lane Anderson Award shortlist announced

By Jason Spencer

The Fitzhenry Family Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 2010 Lane Anderson Award. The prize recognizes two Canadian books - one for adults, one for young readers - published in the field of science. ... Read More »

August 16, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: the Nabokovia butterfly, literary bandits, and more

By Jason Spencer

Patti Smith to collaborate with playwright John Logan on screenplay of her memoir Just Kids Odd things named after writers After five decades, a book of lost Dr. Seuss stories to hit shelves this September Rare book ... Read More »

August 16, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: Vonnegut library strikes back, the end of soggy pages, and more

By Jason Spencer

Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library offers copies of Slaughterhouse-Five to students of Missouri school that pulled the book Finally you'll be able to swim while reading: the world's first waterproof book arrives next summer Nicholas Baker explains ... Read More »

August 5, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Richard Ford goes Canadiana

By Jason Spencer

HarperCollins Canada announced Thursday that they will be publishing iconic American writer Richard Ford's new novel, Canada, next May. The novel follows young Dell Parsons as devastating circumstances force him to leave Montana and seek refuge ... Read More »

August 5, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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