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Cover revealed for Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman, del Toro to pen children’s book, and more

Cover for Harper Lee's Go Set A Watchman revealed Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro to write children's book Princeton Review (inaccurately) calls Taylor Swift out for bad grammar Booker Prize administrator Martyn Goff dies at 88 ... Read More »

March 26, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

National Business Book Award shortlist announced

By Becky Robertson

The finalists for the 30th annual National Business Book Award have been announced. The $20,000 prize aims to recognize the best Canadian business-related book published the previous year. Relevance, research, originality, quality of writing, and ... Read More »

March 25, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Margaret Atwood talks Game of Thrones, Marvel’s female Thor outsells her male counterpart, and more

By Becky Robertson

Margaret Atwood talks Game of Thrones at The Guardian Marvel's feminist Thor comics more popular than those starring male counterpart "It's amazing to think people have an issue with someone identifying as anything other than ... Read More »

March 25, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Betty Keller wins 2015 B.C. Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence

By Becky Robertson

The West Coast Book Prize Society has named Betty Keller the recipient of the 12th annual Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence. The $5,000 prize aims to recognize exceptional B.C. writers who have "contributed to ... Read More »

March 24, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Kim Fu named finalist for PEN/Hemingway Award

By Becky Robertson

B.C. author Kim Fu is one of two finalists for the 2015 PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award for debut fiction for her novel For Today I Am a Boy (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). The title has also been ... Read More »

March 24, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Harlequin’s history, Biblioasis author Mia Couto a Man Booker Prize finalist, and more

By Becky Robertson

The story of Harlequin's rise to romance-fiction titan Man Booker Prize shortlist revealed, includes Biblioasis author Mia Couto Akhil Sharma wins Folio Prize for Fiction "We’ve never seen quite so brazen an attempt to relegate ... Read More »

March 24, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

The Bologna Cookbook, Julia, Child among Gourmand Awards winners

By Becky Robertson

The Canadian winners of this year's Gourmand Cookbook Awards, which aim to honour the best titles of the genre in each country, have been announced. All winning authors will qualify for the Gourmand Best in ... Read More »

March 23, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Dr. Seuss Museum planned for Springfield, Johnny Marr gets a memoir deal, and more

By Sue Carter

Dr. Seuss Museum to open in his hometown, Springfield, MA Eight YA novels that adults should read Watch out, Moz: The Smiths' Johnny Marr to write memoir Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa on the ... Read More »

March 23, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Cover to cover: Natalie Olsen on designing Amber McMillan’s We Can’t Ever Do This Again

By Q&Q Staff

Natalie Olsen struggles to give visual representation to a wide-ranging collection of poems for Amber McMillan’s debut, We Can’t Ever Do This Again (Wolsak & Wynn) 1. I still haven’t figured out why this collection ... Read More »

March 20, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

Sarah Polley to write Little Women adaptation, Nick Cave’s sick-bag book, and more

By Sue Carter

Sarah Polley to write new film adaptation of Little Women New Nick Cave book originally written on the back of airline sick bags Archie Comics to launch horror imprint 10 steps to writing a bestselling ... Read More »

March 20, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

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Cover revealed for Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman, del Toro to pen children’s book, and more

National Business Book Award shortlist announced

Margaret Atwood talks Game of Thrones, Marvel’s female Thor outsells her male counterpart, and more

Betty Keller wins 2015 B.C. Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence

Kim Fu named finalist for PEN/Hemingway Award

Harlequin’s history, Biblioasis author Mia Couto a Man Booker Prize finalist, and more

The Bologna Cookbook, Julia, Child among Gourmand Awards winners

Dr. Seuss Museum planned for Springfield, Johnny Marr gets a memoir deal, and more

Cover to cover: Natalie Olsen on designing Amber McMillan’s We Can’t Ever Do This Again

Sarah Polley to write Little Women adaptation, Nick Cave’s sick-bag book, and more

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