Never let it be said that Margaret Atwood is one to shy away from a challenge. The author of The Handmaid's Tale and the just-released MaddAddam has already updated Homer in The Penelopiad, a feminist ... Read More »
At the start of one of the busiest seasons for CanLit in recent memory, one of the most hotly anticipated titles must be the forthcoming book on our national sports obsession, written by sitting Prime ... Read More »
September 5, 2013 | Filed under: Authors
Noble laureate Seamus Heaney, widely considered to be one of the foremost poets of his era, died today at the age of 74. From the BBC: "The poet and Nobel laureate died in hospital in ... Read More »
August 30, 2013 | Filed under: Authors
In the wake of the recent report on the feasibility of mounting an annual book fair in Toronto, Vancouver's Black Bond Books has announced an inaugural fair in Richmond, B.C., dedicated to supporting independent writers. ... Read More »
August 29, 2013 | Filed under: Events, Writing life
Notwithstanding the fact that, in its most recent quarterly report, Indigo Books and Music noted a decline in sales of e-readers year-over-year, Toronto-based tech company (and former Indigo property) Kobo is ready to launch a slew ... Read More »
August 28, 2013 | Filed under: Bookselling, Digital publishing and technology
Some authors traffic in irony, some have irony foisted upon them. In the latter category, best-selling author and authority on bullying Barbara Coloroso has found herself embroiled in a legal tangle with the putative co-author ... Read More »
August 27, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture
Not yet 30 years old, Claire Battershill has already amassed the kind of résumé many writers would kill for. A Ph.D. in English literature and book history, the native of Dawson Creek, B.C., now teaches ... Read More »
August 23, 2013 | Filed under: Book news
New memoir describes 32-year-old Albertan Amanda Lindhout's 15 months as a hostage in Somalia Jeff Lemire brings the Justice League of America to Canada Already a longlister for the 2013 Man Booker Prize, NoViolet Bulawayo ... Read More »
August 23, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
Indigo Books and Music, Inc. has released its fiscal report for the first quarter of 2013, and the picture it paints does not bode well for the Canadian bookselling sector. Total revenues for the company ... Read More »
August 12, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news
In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at fall's most anticipated Canadian fiction. Short Stories The fall features a bumper crop of intriguing short fiction, starting with a new collection from Giller winner Austin Clarke. ... Read More »
July 25, 2013 | Filed under: Preview
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