“Poetry,” said Leonard Cohen, “comes from a place that no one commands and no one conquers. … [If] I knew where good songs came from, I’d go there more often.” Those words are part of ... Read More »
November 19, 2018
David Helwig, who died on Oct. 16 at 80 after a life marked by multiple debilitating health issues, was one of the most prolific and certainly one of the most versatile Canadian literary figures of ... Read More »
October 17, 2018
I wonder if this is what death looks like – heaven or hell, that’s up to your own interpretation “Stacked Chairs” by Priscila Uppal In 2015, Priscila Uppal participated in an event dubbed “Poetry Games” ... Read More »
September 10, 2018
Sarah Weinman was all of 16 years old the first time she read Lolita. Attending high school in Ottawa, where she was born (she now calls Brooklyn home), the adolescent bibliophile had already devoured the ... Read More »
September 6, 2018
In a blow that has been felt acutely by many in the Canadian literary community, writer and teacher Ann Ireland died on Aug. 23 at the age of 65. The cause of death was carcinoid ... Read More »
August 27, 2018
France had Maurice Girodias, the U.S. had Barney Rosset, and the U.K. had John Calder. The Montreal-born Calder, who died last week at the age of 91, was instrumental in battling the forces of censorship ... Read More »
August 23, 2018
A novelist, a short-story and non-fiction writer, and a fiction writer and frequent Q&Q contributor make up the jury for the 2018 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. This year’s jury, which is responsible for selecting ... Read More »
August 21, 2018
A group of independent Canadian bookstore owners have banded together to resurrect the defunct CBA. The original Canadian Booksellers Association operated for more than 60 years before it joined the Retail Council of Canada in ... Read More »
July 30, 2018
The rebranded Toronto International Festival of Authors today announced that the keynote address for the 11th annual International Visitors Programme will be delivered by Madeline McIntosh, CEO of Penguin Random House U.S. The International Visitors ... Read More »
July 24, 2018
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