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The Giller Effect gets an academic treatment

For the first time, the so-called Giller Effect will get an academic examination, thanks to a new course at Ottawa's Carleton University. As English lit professor Rose Marie Hoey points out in her syllabus, the Scotiabank Giller ... Read More »

August 15, 2014 | Filed under: Awards, Book culture

Kay Redfield Jamison on Robin Williams, Sheila Heti interviews Roxanne Gay, and more

By Steven W. Beattie

Kay Redfield Jamison, author of An Unquiet Mind, on Robin Williams, bipolar disorder, and creativity Sheila Heti interviews "Twitter celebrity" and bad feminist Roxanne Gay "I’ve seen it all, and you’ve seen none of it": ... Read More »

August 15, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Fall preview 2014: highlights

By Q&Q Staff

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at fall’s most anticipated titles. Here are six highlights in fiction, non-fiction, and international titles. SHORT FICTION: ALICE MUNRO AND MARGARET ATWOOD When Alice Munro won last year’s ... Read More »

August 14, 2014 | Filed under: Preview

Orwell estate compares Amazon to Ministry of Truth, welcoming our new robot editor overlords, and more

By Sue Carter

Orwell estate executor describes Amazon's quoting of the author as "close as one can get to the Ministry of Truth and its doublespeak" Red pen alert: robots are better copy editors than humans George R.R. ... Read More »

August 14, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Small theatre company brings Anne Shirley to Ontario

By Dory Cerny

Lucy Maud Montgomery is generally associated with Prince Edward Island, but a small theatre company is bringing the beloved author's words to the stage in the town of Norval, Ontario. Toronto musical theatre performer and ... Read More »

August 13, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Libraries are better than Amazon, Norwegian wood planted for future books, and more

By Dory Cerny

Why libraries are better than Amazon "Future Book" art project plants 1,000 trees in Oslo, Norway, to be used for print books in 2114 New novel explores the ideas of "racial dysphoria" and "racial reassignment ... Read More »

August 13, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

BookCamp Toronto is happening this weekend

By Julie Baldassi

This weekend, the Canadian Book Professional Association will host BookCamp TO, its annual “unconference.” Sponsored by BookNet Canada, the event features a series of conversations (as opposed to binary presentations) on a range topics from ... Read More »

August 12, 2014 | Filed under: Events

Fall preview 2014: international books

By Emma Renda

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at fall’s most anticipated titles. FICTION Three years following the English-language publication of the near 1,000-page epic 1Q84, Haruki Murakami has another anticipated release. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and ... Read More »

August 12, 2014 | Filed under: Preview

Lynn Crawford, Jennifer Bain, Lucy Waverman nominated for Taste Canada food-writing awards

By Sue Carter

Taste Canada has revealed the shortlists for its 2014 food-writing awards. Selected from 59 submissions, the winners will be announced Oct. 20 at a ceremony in Toronto. For the first time, the event will be ... Read More »

August 12, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Murakami’s Harry Potter moment, turning Twitter procrastination into literature, and more