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Munro and Longley take home 2015 Griffins

Jane Munro is the winner of the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize for her most recent collection, Blue Sonoma. Munro, who has been publishing poetry in Canada since the 1980s, says the win “gives me a ... Read More »

June 5, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

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

Last word: Susan Glickman on frustrations with genre categorization

By Q&Q Staff

One of the reasons I decided to write a mystery novel was my frustration with the issue of genre categorization, writes Susan Glickman In Shakespeare’s first folio, The Merchant of Venice is listed as a ... Read More »

June 4, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Type Books named retailer of the year

By Conan Tobias

Toronto independent bookseller Type Books has been named Magazines Canada’s 2014 Retailer of the Year. The award is presented to a client of the organization’s distribution service that cultivates a connection between consumers and magazines. ... Read More »

June 3, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Bookselling

Charis Cotter wins IODE Canada Violet Downey Book Award

By Dory Cerny

Newfoundland author (and Q&Q reviewer) Charis Cotter has received the 2015 IODE Canada Violet Downey Book Award for Children's Literature for her middle-grade novel The Swallow: A Ghost Story (Tundra Books). Established in 1984 by ... Read More »

June 3, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

League of Canadian Poets announces annual award winners

By Conan Tobias

The League of Canadian Poets announced the winners of its annual Poets Prizes on May 30 at its LCP Poetry Conference and Festival in Winnipeg. Patrick Lane was presented the Raymond Souster Award, for best ... Read More »

June 3, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

New Anne of Green Gables movie coming to YTV

By Dory Cerny

Move over Megan Follows, there's a new Anne in town. Breakthrough Entertainment and Corus Entertainment have jointed forces on a new two-hour TV-movie adaptation of our country's most enduring story for young readers. Lucy Maud ... Read More »

June 3, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news

Canada Council announces new funding model for 2017

By Conan Tobias

The Canada Council for the Arts today revealed the structure of its new funding model, which director and CEO Simon Brault calls “an important milestone of … renewal” for the organization. In a video posted ... Read More »

June 3, 2015 | Filed under: Industry news

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

Rivka Galchen wins 2014 Danuta Gleed Literary Award

By Monika Lemke

The Writers' Union of Canada presented Rivka Galchen with the 2014 Danuta Gleed Literary Award for her short-fiction collection American Innovations (HarperCollins Canada) at a ceremony in Winnipeg on May 25. A regular contributor to The ... Read More »

June 1, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

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