Fall preview 2014: poetry and graphica

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at fall’s most anticipated titles. POETRY A quorum of crows will be your witness,” writes Lisa Robertson in her new volume, a follow-up to 2013’s book of essays, ... Read More »

August 7, 2014 | Filed under: Preview

Fall preview 2014: short fiction and crime fiction

By Steven W. Beattie

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at fall’s most anticipated titles. SHORT FICTION In each successive season, Biblioasis (a small press in Windsor, Ontario) adds to one of the most impressive catalogues of short ... Read More »

August 6, 2014 | Filed under: Preview

Shannon Webb-Campbell wins Out In Print Literary Award

By Sue Carter

Halifax writer and CWILA critic-in-residence (and former Q&Q intern) Shannon Webb-Campbell has won the 2014 Out in Print Literary Award. Organized by Egale Canada Human Rights Trust, the award provides "financial and publishing support to ... Read More »

August 6, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

2015 TD Canadian Children’s Book Week roster announced

By Dory Cerny

The Canadian Children's Book Centre has announced the 29 authors, storytellers, and illustrators selected to participate in the 2015 edition of TD Canadian Children's Book Week, which will run May 2-9. The national event takes ... Read More »

August 6, 2014 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing, Events

Sheila Heti interviews Joan Didion, pro-gun kids’ book has people up in arms, and more

By Dory Cerny

Sheila Heti interviews Joan Didion in The Believer Indigo sees revenues rise in first quarter Pro-gun children's book sparks controversy Australian researchers develop computer program that "writes" moralistic fables Frozen screenwriter to pen script for ... Read More »

August 6, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

York University professor wins Shakespeare’s Globe Book Award

By Julie Baldassi

York University scholar David B. Goldstein is the joint winner of the biennial Shakespeare’s Globe Book Award for Eating and Ethics in Shakespeare’s England, published by Cambridge University Press. Goldstein shares the £3,000 prize with ... Read More »

August 5, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Fall preview 2014: novels

By Steven W. Beattie

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at fall’s most anticipated titles. British author Will Self stirred up controversy with a recent Guardian article declaring the novel dead. For real, this time. Apparently, nobody thought ... Read More »

August 5, 2014 | Filed under: Preview

Hachette partners with EBSCO, excerpts from Bad Feminist, and more

By Julie Baldassi

Hachette makes its ebooks available via EBSCO Excerpts from Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist, out today Truth is stranger than fiction: Contagion screenwriter Steven Soderbergh on the recent Ebola outbreak “When I’m writing, I am trying to find out ... Read More »

August 5, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Hachette’s ebook sales fall, David Sedaris honoured for picking litter, and more

By Sue Carter

Hachette ebook sales drop as battle with Amazon continues Litter-picker David Sedaris has garbage truck named after him Why is "relatability" ... Read More »

August 1, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

City of Toronto report recommends approving Sky Gilbert Lane behind Buddies in Bad Times theatre

By Steven W. Beattie

A staff report from the City of Toronto has recommended renaming the alley behind the city's renowned Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Sky Gilbert Lane, in honour of one of the theatre's founders. Gilbert, along ... Read More »

July 31, 2014 | Filed under: People

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