by Q&Q Staff

2015: Books of the Year

Q&Q editors share some of their favourite 2015 releases Compiled by editor Sue Carter and reviews editor Steven W. Beattie SuperMutant Magic Academy Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly) Even if the idea of reading about ... Read More »

December 1, 2015

2015: The Year in Review

By Q&Q Staff

After several years dominated by multinational publisher consolidations and bookseller closures, 2015 was, in retrospect, relatively calm. The number of shuttered retailers declined, with some indies even reporting a better-than- average year. This may have ... Read More »

November 30, 2015

Comic: Hand Drawn Halifax author Emma FitzGerald follows poet Elizabeth Bishop

By Q&Q Staff

This fall, artist Emma FitzGerald, author of Hand Drawn Halifax (Formac Publishing), travelled to Rio de Janeiro for an artist's residency, following the path of the late poet Elizabeth Bishop, who grew up in Nova ... Read More »

November 2, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Ask the Agony Editor: on memoirs

By Q&Q Staff

Unless you’re a former drug addict with a strong narrative voice, rethink that memoir Dear Agony Editor, I have had a really interesting life and everyone keeps telling me I should write a book. Does ... Read More »

October 1, 2015

Liz Worth on Warhol as inspiration and writing through grief

By Q&Q Staff

It feels strange to be talking about the creative process behind a book I never intended to write. No Work Finished Here: Rewriting Andy Warhol started as a personal experiment, a practice run at poetry. ... Read More »

September 25, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Q&A: Michel Chikwanine on his graphic-novel memoir, Child Soldier

By Q&Q Staff

When Michel Chikwanine was five years old, he snuck out against his father’s wishes to play with some other boys in his Congolese village. It was 1993, and despite the relative security in Chikwanine’s life, ... Read More »

August 31, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing

Q&A: Charlie Angus on Children of the Broken Treaty

By Q&Q Staff

At the heart of Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada’s Lost Promise and One Girl’s Dream, by Timmins–James Bay Member of Parliament Charlie Angus, is Shannen Koostachin, a young activist from Attawapiskat First Nation who ... Read More »

August 24, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

How quality TV programming has given rise to small-screen book adaptation

By Q&Q Staff

We’re living in a golden age of television. Thanks to shows like Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and The Wire, not only has the quality of programming surged, so has the demand for more. Whether it’s ... Read More »

July 30, 2015

Cover to cover: David Drummond on designing Talya Rubin’s Leaving the Island

By Q&Q Staff

Designer David Drummond contends with bloody hands, barren stones, and feral sheep for the cover of Talya Rubin’s poetry collection Leaving the Island (Véhicule Press) 1. The first direction I explored was the idea of using a ... Read More »

June 15, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

Cover to cover: Chris Tompkins on designing Mark Anthony Jarman’s Knife Party at the Hotel Europa

By Q&Q Staff

Designer Chris Tompkins cycles through travel imagery and film-noir tropes to create the look and feel of Mark Anthony Jarman’s story collection Knife Party at the Hotel Europa (Goose Lane Editions) 1. Before getting ... Read More »

June 5, 2015 | Filed under: People, Writing life

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