Rumours to the contrary notwithstanding, publishing is alive and well moving into spring. In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at some of the spring's biggest books. Although she currently resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts, best-selling ... Read More »
Despite generally lacklustre reviews, Peter Jackson's adaptation of (the first third or so of) J.R.R. Tolkein's The Hobbit was the undisputed box office champion this weekend, raking in an estimated $84.8 million in its first ... Read More »
December 17, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news
Look up the word "iconoclasm" in the dictionary, and you're likely to find a picture of Alan Moore. One of the U.K.'s most successful writers, Moore has been mythologized since making a splash with his ... Read More »
December 17, 2012 | Filed under: Authors
It would be tempting to suggest that 2012 was a disappointing year for CanLit. Highly touted books failed to live up to their hype, social media was generally an echo chamber for word-of-mouth about the ... Read More »
November 29, 2012 | Filed under: Books of the Year
Any chance for consensus among the big three fall literary fiction prizes in Canada was scuppered today with the announcement that Linda Spalding is the recipient of the 2012 Governor General's Literary Award for English-language ... Read More »
November 13, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
At a press conference held in Toronto's tony Ritz-Carlton Hotel, two thirds of this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize jury “ Canadian author Anna Porter and American author Gary Shteyngart (the third juror, Irishman Roddy Doyle, ... Read More »
October 1, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
The shortlist for the second annual Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Non-fiction was announced this morning at the Loblaws flagship store in Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens. Jurors Marni Jackson and James Bartleman were on ... Read More »
September 25, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
The $60,000 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Non-fiction is about to announce its sophomore shortlist, and this year there are some changes. First up, the announcement will be made in an unconventional setting: The ... Read More »
September 24, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
Anyone who works with books will be familiar with the increasingly ubiquitous non-disclosure agreement prohibiting media from divulging the contents of upcoming titles prior to publication day. Recently, the contents of Salman Rushdie's new memoir, ... Read More »
September 24, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news
Independent publishers landed four of five spots on the 12th annual Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize shortlist, announced this morning at Toronto's Ben McNally bookstore. The first of the big three fiction shortlists to be ... Read More »
September 19, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
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