Writing life

Focus on Creators open letter tops 2,400 signatures

Margaret Atwood, Gord Downie, Alanis Morissette, and Rosemary Sullivan are among more than 2,000 writers, musicians, and visual artists who have signed their names to an open letter asking the government to support the creative ... Read More »

February 8, 2017 | Filed under: Authors, Writing life

Personal Essay: Poetry and prose offer different ways to deal with illness

By Q&Q Staff

On the day I was diagnosed with cancer, I began a journal. Throughout my adult life, writing has been my touchstone and I knew that if I were to survive the upheaval that accompanies a ... Read More »

November 1, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Writing life

Personal Essay: Finding inspiration as a Canadian expat in Hong Kong

By Q&Q Staff

When my husband, a management consultant, was transferred to Hong Kong in 2000, I placed my job as a psychiatric emergency-room nurse on hold and packed up the house. And moved. For two years. To ... Read More »

September 29, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Opinion, Writing life

Book Making: The typographical challenges in publishing indigenous-language books

By Conan Tobias

Last year, the University of Regina Press launched a series of story anthologies in a variety of indigenous languages, including Plains Cree, Woods Cree, Blackfoot, Saulteaux, and Lillooet. Obviously, none of these languages use the ... Read More »

August 16, 2016 | Filed under: Writing life

Personal Essay: Comics about living with cancer were born out of a desire to communicate how the experience felt for me, writes Teva Harrison

By Q&Q Staff

When I was first diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer, I didn’t want to talk about it to anybody. I grudgingly talked to doctors, but I didn’t want to go to support groups ... Read More »

March 29, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, People, Writing life

Writers’ Trust launches writing fellowship for Canada’s sesquicentennial

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced a new fellowship that will award $150,000 to a trio of authors over three years in honour of the country's 150th anniversary. Each writer – one per year ... Read More »

November 17, 2015 | Filed under: Industry news, Writing life

Summer literary festivals: August roundup

By Monika Lemke

The Winterset in Summer Literary Festival runs in Eastport, Newfoundland, Aug. 6–9, offering an outlet for the rich literary culture of the region. The Lyrical Voices showcase opens the weekend, showcasing the province's musical flair. Each of the daily ... Read More »

July 6, 2015 | Filed under: Events, Writing life

Cover to cover: Chris Tompkins on designing Mark Anthony Jarman’s Knife Party at the Hotel Europa

By Q&Q Staff

Designer Chris Tompkins cycles through travel imagery and film-noir tropes to create the look and feel of Mark Anthony Jarman’s story collection Knife Party at the Hotel Europa (Goose Lane Editions) 1. Before getting ... Read More »

June 5, 2015 | Filed under: People, Writing life

Book-launch venue hop: McNally Robinson Booksellers, Winnipeg

By Ariel Gordon

Each month, Q&Q visits dingy watering holes, upscale cafés, and other haunts in search of the country's most beloved book launch venues McNally Robinson Booksellers’ Grant Park store may be located in a suburban Winnipeg ... Read More »

June 1, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Events, Writing life

Q&A: author John Vaillant and filmmaker Sasha Snow on adapting each other’s work

By Lauren McKeon

When Governor General Literary Award–winning Vancouver author John Vaillant saw Sasha Snow’s documentary, Conflict Tiger, he knew that he had to transform it into a book. Vaillant didn’t expect that Snow would read his 2005 ... Read More »

April 29, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Writing life

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Focus on Creators open letter tops 2,400 signatures

Personal Essay: Poetry and prose offer different ways to deal with illness

Personal Essay: Finding inspiration as a Canadian expat in Hong Kong

Book Making: The typographical challenges in publishing indigenous-language books

Personal Essay: Comics about living with cancer were born out of a desire to communicate how the experience felt for me, writes Teva Harrison

Writers’ Trust launches writing fellowship for Canada’s sesquicentennial

Summer literary festivals: August roundup

Cover to cover: Chris Tompkins on designing Mark Anthony Jarman’s Knife Party at the Hotel Europa

Book-launch venue hop: McNally Robinson Booksellers, Winnipeg

Q&A: author John Vaillant and filmmaker Sasha Snow on adapting each other’s work

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