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Coach House book a finalist for Typographical Translation Award, Eleanor Catton defends comments on arts in New Zealand, and more

Guyana by Elise Turcotte; Rhonda Mullins, trans. (Coach House Books) a finalist for 2014 Typographical Translation Award Man Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton defends comments about arts in New Zealand Google features Langston Hughes doodle ... Read More »

February 2, 2015 | Filed under: Book links, Book news

Playwright Hannah Moscovitch on the necessity to publish theatre works

By Q&Q Staff

Being a playwright in Canada is like being an ice sculptor: you are a practitioner of an obscure art form that is ephemeral, impractical as a career choice, misunderstood, romantic. Canada’s theatre history is very ... Read More »

January 30, 2015 | Filed under: Opinion, People, Writing life

Anne Enright is Ireland’s first fiction laureate, a Super Bowl reading list, and more

By Steven W. Beattie

Man Booker Prize winner Anne Enright announced as Ireland's first Laureate for Fiction Nicholas Carlson on how he wrote 93,000 words in six weeks: "I quit drinking" The Casual Optimist on the digital rescue of ... Read More »

January 30, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Knopf Canada to publish new Salman Rushdie novel

By Becky Robertson

Random House of Canada executive publisher Louise Dennys has acquired Canadian English-language rights to the 12th novel by Salman Rushdie, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, which "blends history, mythology, and a timeless love ... Read More »

January 29, 2015 | Filed under: Book news, Deals, People

The Troop shortlisted for James Herbert Award, Mr. Men and Little Miss series opted for film, and more

By Becky Robertson

Nick Cutter's The Troop shortlisted for inaugural James Herbert Award for Horror Writing Roger Hargreaves' Mr. Men and Little Miss books slated for film adaptation Researchers suggest computer science courses should include study of science-fiction ... Read More »

January 29, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Thorn Birds author Colleen McCullough dies at 77

By Steven W. Beattie

Colleen McCullough, the Australian author best known for the international bestseller The Thorn Birds has died, after what reports are referring to as "a long illness." She was 77. Born in New South Wales and ... Read More »

January 29, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Spring preview 2015: international non-fiction

By Q&Q Staff

RECORDING HISTORY Judging from media reviews coming out of the U.K., expectations were low for John Lydon’s autobiography Anger Is an Energy: My Life Uncensored (HarperCollins Canada), but it appears that the former Sex Pistol ... Read More »

January 29, 2015 | Filed under: Preview

Penguin Canada to publish continuation of Stieg Larsson’s Millenium trilogy

By Becky Robertson

Penguin Canada has acquired Canadian rights to the authorized fourth book in Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millennium series, which is slated for publication in more than 35 countries Aug. 27, including in the U.S. by Knopf. ... Read More »

January 28, 2015 | Filed under: Book news, Deals

Costa Book Awards chairman calls BBC books coverage a disgrace, Harlequin partners with Professional Bull Riders, and more

By Becky Robertson

Chairman of Costa Book Awards judging panel Robert Harris calls BBC books coverage "an absolute disgrace" Harlequin teams with Professional Bull Riders for new series Voltaire's Treatise on Tolerance climbs bestseller lists in France How ... Read More »

January 28, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Spring preview 2015: politics, cookbooks, and more

By Sue Carter

HEALTH INSPECTION Chronic insomniac RM Vaughan put his bleary hours to good use with Bright Eyed: Insomnia and Its Cultures (Coach House Books), observing how our productivity-obsessed, sleep-deprived lifestyle affects creativity. Is it possible to ... Read More »

January 28, 2015 | Filed under: Preview

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