by Steven W. Beattie

This wild menagerie: remembering Joe Rosenblatt, 1933–2019

Joe Rosenblatt's iconoclastic proclivity and linguistic abandon were apparent right from the start of his long and lauded career. The Toronto-born writer and artist – who relocated to Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island in 1980 ... Read More »

April 1, 2019

Poetry month: A roundtable discussion with Karen Solie, Doyali Islam, and Matthew Walsh

By Steven W. Beattie

For this year’s Poetry Month feature, Q&Q brought together three Canadian poets at various career stages for a conversation about craft and process. Karen Solie is the author of five books of poetry. Her collection ... Read More »

April 1, 2019

“I think it was poetry that saved me from killing myself or killing others”: remembering Patrick Lane, 1939–2019

By Steven W. Beattie

Brian Brett, the B.C. writer and poet, still recalls the first time he met Patrick Lane. It was 1971, and Lane had appeared in fellow writer Seymour Mayne’s basement apartment at the University of British ... Read More »

March 11, 2019

A.F. Moritz named Toronto’s sixth poet laureate

By Steven W. Beattie

“We won’t pretend we’re not hungry for distinction / but what can ever distinguish us enough?” asks poet A.F. Moritz in his 1999 collection Rest on the Flight into Egypt. While the answer provided in ... Read More »

March 6, 2019

Randy Boyagoda, Donna Bailey Nurse, and Aleksandar Hemon headline the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury

By Steven W. Beattie

No sooner has Donna Bailey Nurse finished reading true stories as a member of the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction jury than she will begin immersing herself in novels and short fiction ... Read More »

January 28, 2019

The complicated legacy of former publisher Jack Stoddart

By Steven W. Beattie

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January 28, 2019

Former publisher Jack Stoddart dead at age 74

By Steven W. Beattie

Jack Stoddart, a staunch nationalist and one of the drivers of Canadian publishing during the 1980s and ’90s, has died. According to his official obituary, Stoddart died at his home on Jan. 17, 2019. He ... Read More »

January 21, 2019

Spring preview 2019: Short fiction, poetry, and novels in translation

By Steven W. Beattie

SHORT FICTION Immigrant City David Bezmozgis HarperCollins, March After forays into novel writing and filmmaking, the newly minted director of the Humber School for Writers returns to the form that first established his name. The ... Read More »

January 9, 2019

Spring preview 2019: Novels and graphica

By Steven W. Beattie

Bina: A Novel in Warnings Anakana Schofield Knopf Canada, May One of Canada’s most stylistically provocative and innovative wordsmiths, Irish-born Anakana Schofield returns in May with her third novel (a follow-up to the 2015 Scotiabank ... Read More »

January 7, 2019

The enduring brilliance of Al Purdy

By Steven W. Beattie

When people think of Al Purdy, it is often in the context of his public persona: the fervent nationalist (he was known as Canada’s unofficial poet laureate) and the hard drinking, brawling, womanizing outdoorsman. This ... Read More »

December 20, 2018

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This wild menagerie: remembering Joe Rosenblatt, 1933–2019

Poetry month: A roundtable discussion with Karen Solie, Doyali Islam, and Matthew Walsh

“I think it was poetry that saved me from killing myself or killing others”: remembering Patrick Lane, 1939–2019

A.F. Moritz named Toronto’s sixth poet laureate

Randy Boyagoda, Donna Bailey Nurse, and Aleksandar Hemon headline the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury

The complicated legacy of former publisher Jack Stoddart

Former publisher Jack Stoddart dead at age 74

Spring preview 2019: Short fiction, poetry, and novels in translation

Spring preview 2019: Novels and graphica

The enduring brilliance of Al Purdy

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