by Steven W. Beattie

Independent presses dominate Writers’ Trust shortlist

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

Bob Dylan says he’s working on volume two of his memoirs

By Steven W. Beattie

At 71 years of age, Bob Dylan shows no signs of slowing down. He's just released his 35th studio album, Tempest, and he's about to embark upon a North American tour with singer-songwriter Mark Knopfler. ... Read More »

September 17, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news

Michael Winter’s forthcoming novel strikes out in new direction

By Steven W. Beattie

Michael Winter is a writer who is known for taking chances. Widely praised as a stylistic virtuoso, his last novel, 2010's The Death of Donna Whalen, blended fact and fiction to tell the story of ... Read More »

September 17, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Deals, Industry news

Penguin to publish Sheila Watt-Cloutier memoir

By Steven W. Beattie

Canadian Inuit activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier has been awarded the Order of Canada and, in 2007, was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize (the Nobel eventually went to former U.S. vice-president turned environmental activist Al Gore). ... Read More »

September 10, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Deals, Industry news

ReLit (very) longlists announced

By Steven W. Beattie

The Scotiabank Giller Prize was not the only Canadian literary award to release its longlist today. The annual ReLit Awards released its notoriously long longlists in each of the novel, short fiction, and poetry categories. ... Read More »

September 4, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Controversial Thomas Jefferson book finds new life courtesy of Glenn Beck

By Steven W. Beattie

"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government ... Read More »

August 20, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news

Fall preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction, part II

By Steven W. Beattie

The season of high-profile literary awards and author festivals is on its way, and there's no shortage of new releases from marquee names. In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at some of the fall's ... Read More »

August 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Fall preview 2012: biography and memoir, politics and history

By Steven W. Beattie

August 7, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Author, playwright, essayist Gore Vidal dies at 86

By Steven W. Beattie

"Every four years the naive half who vote are encouraged to believe that if we can elect a really nice man or woman President everything will be all right. But it won't be." It would ... Read More »

August 1, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Fifty Shades of Grey continues sales domination

By Steven W. Beattie

The public's appetite for vanilla BDSM/repurposed Twilight fan fiction appears to be insatiable. According to the Guardian, E.L. James is the first author to have three books sell more than 100,000 copies apiece in the ... Read More »

June 25, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

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