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Book Links: Jordan Peele bringing dark fantasy to HBO | Support the ACLU with a werewolf comic

Jordan Peele and Misha Green to adapt dark fantasy novel Lovecraft Country for HBO. (Los Angeles Times) Publisher named France’s minister of culture. (Publishing Perspectives) Dad’s young daughter didn’t see any Asian heroes in ... Read More »

May 18, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Photos: B.C. Book Prizes

By Becky Robertson

The West Coast Book Prize Society awarded literary prizes in eight categories at the lieutenant-governor’s B.C. Book Prizes Gala in Vancouver on April 29. Recipients included Deborah Campbell, Monique Gray Smith and Julie Flett, and Richard Wagamese (posthumously). See photos ... Read More »

May 18, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Photos: Shaughnessy Cohen Prize, Politics and the Pen gala

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada awarded the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing to Toronto author Kamal Al-Solaylee on May 10 at its annual Politics and the Pen Gala, held at Ottawa's Fairmont Chateau Laurier. Al-Solaylee ... Read More »

May 18, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Events

Alias Grace mini-series to premiere on Sept. 25

By Conan Tobias

More Atwood adaptations, please! The premiere date for the upcoming mini-series based on Margaret Atwood's 1996 novel Alias Grace is finally set. CBC will air the first episode of the six-part series on Sept. 25, the broadcaster ... Read More »

May 18, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

Frank Hegyi Award shortlist announced

By Q&Q Staff

The Ottawa Independent Writers has announced this year's shortlist for the Frank Hegyi Award for Emerging Authors, given to a Canadian author who has not already won a major literary prize. The group awards its prize to ... Read More »

May 17, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

OLA announces 2017 Forest of Reading winners

By Dory Cerny

Another successful edition of the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading program has wrapped up, culminating in the annual Festival of Trees celebrations at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre. This year's festivities, which included the presentation of ... Read More »

May 17, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Word on the Street Toronto launches writing contest for new, diverse voices

By Q&Q Staff

Toronto's Word on the Street festival has announced the creation if its first-ever writing contest. Writing DiverCity will accept fiction submissions from writers under the age of 35, and aims to highlight vibrancy and diversity in ... Read More »

May 17, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture

Book Links: Bill Gates’ tweets book to No. 1 | Theresa May is not a Harry Potter character

By Q&Q Staff

A book written in 2011 jumped to No.1 on Amazon after Bill Gates tweeted about it. (Los Angeles Times) First museum devoted exclusively to American writing opens in Chicago. (Mashable) Harlequin is cancelling five lines ... Read More »

May 17, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Dayne Ogilvie Prize finalists announced

By Conan Tobias

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced the three finalists for this year's Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers. The $4,000 award is presented to a promising writer who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or ... Read More »

May 17, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Shari Lapena’s follow-up to The Couple Next Door to appear in the U.K. in advance of its Canadian debut

By Steven W. Beattie

This summer, Doubleday Canada will publish A Stranger in the House, Shari Lapena's hotly anticipated follow-up to her blockbuster 2016 thriller, The Couple Next Door. But, somewhat surprisingly, the Aug. 15 Canadian pub date does ... Read More »

May 16, 2017 | Filed under: Authors

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