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80 years of Q&Q: notable titles, from cookbooks to LGBT classics

BRANDING GENERATION X Douglas Coupland’s debut novel wasn’t an instant hit when it was published in the spring of 1991, but it didn’t take long before critics and media saw the appeal in combining the ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture, People, Writing life

80 years of Q&Q: historically speaking, CanLit moments through the years

By Q&Q Staff

Jack McClelland passes the M&S torch A few years after Jack McClelland (who once said “I am McClelland & Stewart”) sold his beloved M&S to businessman Avie Bennett in 1985, the larger-than-life publisher retired from ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Bookselling, People, Writing life

80 years of Q&Q: travelling through the decades

By Q&Q Staff

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

80 years of Q&Q: five musicians (and a few dabblers) with split identities

By Q&Q Staff

Dave Bidini The Rheostatics guitarist’s 1998 touring memoir, On a Cold Road: Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock (McClelland & Stewart), was short on the coked-out sex romps of Keith Richards or the Crüe, but ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture

Patti Smith to release new memoir in the fall, In Cold Blood to become a TV series, and more

By Sarah Kester

Laline Paull's debut novel among those shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Patti Smith's follow-up memoir M Train release date is announced and cover art revealed Truman Capote's In Cold Blood optioned by the ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Jean-Francois Blanchette wins 2015 Prix Champlain

By Becky Robertson

Former Canadian Museum of History historic furniture and decorative arts curator Jean-François Blanchette* has received the 2015 Non-fiction Prix Champlain for his book about the museum's Quebec folk art collections, Du coq à l’âme : L’art ... Read More »

April 13, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Nobel Prize-winning author Gunter Grass dies at 87, Google Play brings ebooks to Canadian schools, and more

By Becky Robertson

Nobel Literary Prize winner Günter Grass has died at 87 Google Play for Education comes to Canada Jane and Emily Urquhart talk to The Globe and Mail about literary families Southwest Airline's Artists on the ... Read More »

April 13, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Alberta Literary Awards shortlist announced

By Sarah Kester

The Writers' Guild of Alberta has announced the shortlist for their 2015 Alberta Literary Awards. The awards recognize and celebrate authors from the province. The jury read more than 150 submissions and chose 24 finalists ... Read More »

April 10, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Random House Canada to publish The Marriott Cell by Mohamed Fahmy

By Sarah Kester

Random House Canada has announced it has acquired world rights to award-winning journalist Mohamed Fahmy's book, The Marriott Cell. It is slated for publication in fall 2015. The Marriot Cell tells the story of the Canadian-Egyptian journalist's ... Read More »

April 10, 2015 | Filed under: Deals

Churchill’s biography free for limited time, Gatsby turns 90, and more

By Sarah Kester

For a limited time only: Sir Winton Churchill’s biography is free Netflix launches Daredevil as Marvel moves into online television Associated Press partners with ebook developer to create book line Five fun facts about The Great ... Read More »

April 10, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

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