A small but lively crowd gathered on Wednesday evening at Toronto's swank Drake Hotel for the 2007 Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award. Author Gil Adamson eventually walked away with the $7,500 prize for her ... Read More »
Kenneth J. Harvey, author of the Giller longlisted Blackstrap Hawco, read at the Harbourfront Centre on Wednesday, Sept. 17, along with Tristan Hughes (Revenant) and Jonathan Miles (Dear American Airlines). This is (from left) Harvey, ... Read More »
September 22, 2008 | Filed under: Events
The Toronto launch for Lee Henderson's debut novel happened on Wednesday, Sept. 3, at a This Is Not a Reading Series event at the Gladstone Hotel. The evening kicked off with a Henderson-led tutorial about ... Read More »
September 5, 2008 | Filed under: Events
As reported on Q&Q Omni, the I.V. Lounge Reading Series in Toronto has come to an end after 10 years and two anthologies due to the closing of its eponymous host bar. On Aug. 17 ... Read More »
August 25, 2008 | Filed under: Events
You may think, looking at the photo below, that this is a shot of two unsuspecting tourists about to be fleeced by a suspicious-looking con man. But in fact it is authors Lynn Coady, Ray ... Read More »
August 14, 2008 | Filed under: Events
The 25th annual Hillside Festival took place in Guelph at the end of July. Though most of the outdoor festival was dedicated to live music, a few authors took the stage, and Flickr photographer Chris ... Read More »
August 5, 2008 | Filed under: Events
The second annual London Literature Festival is in full swing this week, and to celebrate, the Guardian created an online quiz to test readers knowledge of literary London. Guardian calls it "a stroll through the ... Read More »
Jailbreaks: 99 Canadian Sonnets (Biblioasis), an anthology put together by poet and Q&Q contributor Zachariah Wells, had its Toronto launch on June 11 at the I.V. Lounge. Readers at the launch included Al Moritz, Shane ... Read More »
June 18, 2008 | Filed under: Events
One of the highlights of Monday afternoon was a Prince-themed dance party at the Thomas Allen & Son Simon & Schuster Canada booth, complete with DJ and purple-shirted staff. Also below: Nino "Dreamboat" Ricci, Tina ... Read More »
June 16, 2008 | Filed under: Events
One of the stranger booth offerings was a liquid tomato salad, served in a test tube, courtesy of chef Olaf Mertens and John Wiley & Sons Canada. Erin Kelly is in the kitchen lending a ... Read More »
June 16, 2008 | Filed under: Events