Reconciling stories This season, two books from seasoned writers take very different approaches to their investigations into Indigenous culture and… Read More »
Fall Preview 2017: International
Fiction Salman Rushdie returns with The Golden House, a novel being described as The Godfather meets The Great Gatsby, and… Read More »
Fall Preview 2017: Fiction
From powerhouse novels to provocative non-fiction, more than 150 books to
Fall Preview 2017: Kevin Hardcastle’s punch-drunk debut novel
For Kevin Hardcastle, being a writer has a lot in common with training as a fighter. The author, who hails… Read More »
Fall Preview 2017: Books for Young People
Quill & Quire’s 2017 Books for Young People fall preview.
Spring Preview 2017: International
International titles for the upcoming spring season.
Spring Preview 2017: Non-fiction
On a personal note Style journalist Karen von Hahn is best known for her reporting on the material world. But… Read More »
Spring Preview 2017: Books for Young People
Love the one you’re with This spring, Lorimer introduces its Real Love series, focused on realistic teen romances while also… Read More »
Spring Preview 2017: Fiction
Fantastic four A quartet of major novels from literary heavy-hitters: State of confusion Pasha Malla’s debut, the 2008 short-fiction collection… Read More »
Spring Preview 2017: Emma Donoghue gambles on middle-grade
Irish-Canadian author, playwright, and screenwriter Emma Donoghue wades into new literary territory this March with the release of her first… Read More »
Spring Preview 2017: Marianne Apostolides’s intimate memoir combines aquatic imagery and words to examine themes that are now more relevant than ever
Marianne Apostolides often bikes to an art gallery after a session of writing. Looking at things from different angles and… Read More »
Montreal author Sylvain Neuvel followed an unlikely route to success
Sylvain Neuvel’s career as a best-selling science-fiction author has its genesis in a toy robot he made for his son.… Read More »
Fall Preview 2016: Fiction
Translations Québécois reveries In the May 26, 2015, issue of The New Yorker, writer Pasha Malla mused about the status… Read More »
Q&A: Betsy Warland on her forthcoming spring memoir, Oscar of Between
In 2007, B.C. author Betsy Warland celebrated her 60th birthday with a vacation to London. That trip formed the genesis… Read More »
Q&A: Lucy Ruth Cummins
Having spent 14 years making other people’s work look good as a designer and art director at Simon & Schuster,… Read More »
Spring Preview 2016: Books for Young People
Fantastic (and fantastical) beasts • YA author, Penguin Random House publicity manager, and all around great gal Vikki VanSickle will… Read More »
Spring Preview 2016: Non-fiction
Fierce fighter Carmen Aguirre’s 2011 debut book, Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter, won the most controversial and emotionally… Read More »
Spring Preview 2016: Fiction
Notable novels, story collections, and poetry for the coming season Natural selection Alissa York has worn many different hats in… Read More »
Forgiveness, grace, and mercy are at the forefront of Billie Livingston’s new novel
You know I have a penchant for the awful?” asks Billie Livingston with a laugh. This is something of an… Read More »
Fall preview 2010: books for young people
Monkey business Kenneth Oppel is one of the few YA novelists who writes consistently entertaining, high-concept novels that manage to… Read More »
Fall preview 2010: non-fiction
How to argue with an elder Dubbed by the Los Angeles Times as the “Native American Neil Simon,” Canadian novelist,… Read More »
Fall preview 2010: fiction
Wild, wild, wildlife Toronto writer Alissa York’s previous novel, 2007’s Effigy, was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. York’s eagerly… Read More »
Fall preview 2009: international books
Real wild child Author and McSweeney’s editor Dave Eggers is working hard to promote the upcoming film adaptation of Maurice… Read More »
Fall preview 2009: books for young people
Deadly thins Graphic novels that explore unsavoury themes are not really anything new, given that the genre has skewed dark… Read More »
Fall preview 2009: non-fiction
David’s deity A growing alarm over religious fundamentalism – manifested in the Muslim world and in the U.S., especially – has led… Read More »
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