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Allan Hawco brings adaptation of Lisa Moore’s prison-escape adventure Caught to CBC

Republic of Doyle’s Allan Hawco will star and serve as showrunner for the television adaptation of Lisa Moore’s novel Caught (House of Anansi Press), coming to CBC in winter 2018. The show, which goes into ... Read More »

May 24, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture

P.E.I. libraries will no longer charge fines for overdue children’s books

By Becky Robertson

P.E.I.'s 26 provincial libraries will cease charging overdue book fines for children's materials on June 1. Lost books will still be subject to replacement costs. The timing is meant to encourage participation in the library's ... Read More »

May 24, 2017 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Libraries

Darren Greer, Alex Marland, and Erin Wunker among winners at the 2017 Atlantic Book Awards

By Q&Q Staff

The 2017 Atlantic Book Awards were presented on May 18 at a gala held at the Halifax Central Library. The event put a cap on this year's Atlantic Book Awards Festival. The winners are as ... Read More »

May 24, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Shani Mootoo wins Lambda Literary’s Mid-Career Novelist Prize

By Becky Robertson

Trinidad-raised, Ontario-based author and visual artist Shani Mootoo has been awarded Lambda Literary's Dr. James Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize. The award recognizes two LGBTQ–identified writers who have released multiple books and "show promise to continue publishing high quality work for ... Read More »

May 24, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Neil Gaiman to dramatize Cheesecake Factory menu | Final Roger Moore autobiography coming

By Q&Q Staff

Neil Gaiman will perform a dramatic reading of the Cheesecake Factory menu if $500,000 is raised for refugee charity. (Los Angeles Times) Not everyone is excited about brick-and-mortar Amazon stores. (Quartz) Roger Moore completed his ... Read More »

May 24, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: A new Twin Peaks book is on its way | Bill Gates’s summer reads

By Q&Q Staff

Twin Peaks is getting a new book by Mark Frost to accompany its new season. (Los Angeles Times) BookCon 2017 is bringing in big names to attract more adult readers. (Publishing Perspectives) Michigan charity raises ... Read More »

May 23, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Literary event listings, May 22–28, 2017

By Conan Tobias

TUESDAY, MAY 23 Art Bar Poetry Series: With Marilyn Potter, Mary Corkery, and Sarah Varnam. Free Times Cafe, 320 College St., Toronto. 8 p.m. $5. artbar.org Jillian Tamaki: Discussing her new book, Boundless. Pages on ... Read More »

May 23, 2017 | Filed under: Events

Fan Brothers, Wesley King win 2017 Schwartz awards

By Dory Cerny

It's been a good week for Terry and Eric Fan, Wesley King, and Simon & Schuster Canada. The Ontario Arts Council and the Ontario Arts Foundation today announced the winners of the 2017 Ruth and Sylvia ... Read More »

May 19, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Cundill Prize rebrands for its 10th anniversary

By Becky Robertson

The international Cundill Prize for Historical Literature, the richest non-fiction prize for the genre worldwide, is rebranding itself as the Cundill History Prize for its 10th anniversary this year. The McGill University faculty of arts, ... Read More »

May 19, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Curiosity House Books to open new Collingwood location this fall

By Q&Q Staff

Curiosity House Books, the 22-year-old Creemore, Ontario–based retailer, is opening a new location in downtown Collingwood this fall. Owner Rina Barone, who took over Curiosity House in late 2014 with her husband, Chris Dunk, says expanding into ... Read More »

May 18, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

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