Book Making: Tania Craan on designing Helen Humphreys’s The River

For more than a decade, author Helen Humphreys has owned a property on Ontario’s picturesque Napanee River. Her latest book, The River (ECW Press), is a meditation on the landscape, mixing archival and contemporary photos, ... Read More »

January 18, 2016 | Filed under: Book culture

Book Links: tributes continue for poet C.D. Wright; Teju Cole on fairness in photojournalism

By Sue Carter

The Griffin Prize honours its 2009 international winner and 2014 juror, C.D. Wright. (Griffin Prize) Ben Lerner pays tribute to Wright (New Yorker), as does Craig Morgan Teicher. (NPR) Wright's own words on "The New ... Read More »

January 15, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: authors support poet Ashraf Fayadh; Hogwarts hosts Valentine’s dinner; Narnia actors get the (re)boot

By Becky Robertson

Authors worldwide host readings to protest impending death sentence of Saudi Arabian poet Ashraf Fayadh. (The Guardian) What could be more magically romantic than Valentine's Day at Hogwarts? (The Independent) Reimagining Nancy Drew and Anne ... Read More »

January 14, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Emma Donoghue nominated for best adapted screenplay Oscar

By Becky Robertson

Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue has been nominated for an Academy Award for her screenplay adaptation of her 2010 novel, Room. The film's star, Brie Larson, won a Golden Globe earlier this week for her performance. ... Read More »

January 14, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Remembering George Jonas, 1935–2016

By Marc Côté

George Jonas was a 21-year-old journalist in 1956, when he left Budapest after the brutal Soviet suppression of the uprising in Hungary. He arrived in Toronto and worked at a number of short-term jobs, including ... Read More »

January 13, 2016 | Filed under: Authors

Spaces: Coach House Books

By Q&Q Staff

A 19th-century hayloft today acts as the home of Coach House Books, one of Canada’s most important labs of sentence structure In 1890, the brick coach house located on what is now known as bpNichol ... Read More »

January 13, 2016 | Filed under: Book culture

Book Links: fans petition to name element after Terry Pratchett book; T.S. Eliot Prize awarded to debut collection for first time

By Becky Robertson

More than 40,000 Terry Pratchett fans petition for new periodic table element to be named after The Colour of Magic. (Electric Lit) Poet Sarah Howe's Loop of Jade becomes first debut collection to win T.S. Eliot ... Read More »

January 13, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Rosemary Sullivan, Ian Brown among 2016 RBC Taylor Prize finalists

By Becky Robertson

The shortlist for the annual RBC Taylor Prize, recognizing the best in Canadian literary non-fiction, was announced this morning at a press conference in Toronto. The finalists include several high-profile authors, including journalist Ian Brown, ... Read More »

January 13, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Anne of Green Gables is coming to CBC Television

By Becky Robertson

An updated take on Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic Anne of Green Gables is on its way, this time in the form of a TV series from CBC. The eight-part series follows news that a movie ... Read More »

January 12, 2016 | Filed under: Book culture

Sunburst Award Society adds short-fiction category

By Becky Robertson

The Sunburst Awards, the juried annual prizes recognizing the best Canadian literature of the fantastic, will see the addition of a short-story category this year. Fiction up to 7,500 words published in an anthology, magazine, ... Read More »

January 12, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

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