Patrick Lane, who died on March 7 at the age of 79, was “one of the permanent figures of Canadian poetry.”
A.F. Moritz named Toronto’s sixth poet laureate
A.F. Moritz has been named Toronto’s sixth poet laureate.
Byron Eggenschwiler on illustrating Kyo Maclear’s Operatic (and Q&Q’s March cover)
Illustrator Byron Eggenschwiler on working with heavyweight kids author Kyo Maclear – and Quill & Quire’s March cover.
Raincoast Books co-founder Allan MacDougall: 1947–2019
After a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease, Allan MacDougall, the co-founder and former CEO of Raincoast Books, passed away on Feb. 19 at the age of 71.
The 88-year-old creator of mystery’s first lesbian detective reflects on the character’s return
The mystery genre’s first lesbian detective protagonist Helen Keremos is set to make her comeback in January 2020 in a graphic novel adaptation of 1986’s Work for a Million.
My first books: Groundwood publisher Semareh Al-Hillal on her kidlit favourites past and present
To understand Semareh Al-Hillal’s influences as a kidlit publisher, we asked her about her favourite children’s books, past and present.
The enduring brilliance of Al Purdy
A new anthology of poems dedicated to Al Purdy coincides with the centenary of the late poet’s birth.
Diversity in crime writing: Wayne Arthurson on how white voices overwhelm Indigenous crime fiction
Wayne Arthurson writes about how in Indigenous crime fiction, a.k.a. Native American mystery, most of the novelists who reap the benefits aren’t Indigenous.
For the love of the game: actor and screenwriter Jay Baruchel pens a book about his obsession with the Montreal Canadiens
Jay Baruchel has just published his first book – not, as one might expect, about the movies, but about his overweening obsession with the Montreal Canadiens.
Sci-fi needs to overcome its poor history with disabled people
We often hear variations on the admonition “write the stories you want to see in the world,” but we should also be saying “hire for the stories you want to read,” too.
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