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Anne Michaels named Toronto’s new poet laureate

Award-winning poet and novelist Anne Michaels has been chosen to serve as Toronto’s fifth poet laureate, beginning in November. Michaels is the author of five poetry collections and two novels and has received numerous accolades, ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Books for Young People fall preview: titles for play

By Dory Cerny

ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL Who doesn’t love a good bunny tale? In Timo’s Garden (Pajama Press, Sept.), the titular rabbit feels the pressure of making his flowerbeds look “just so” for the Great, Green ... Read More »

June 22, 2015 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Preview

Anne Carson becomes two-time Griffin winner

By Julie Baldassi

Anne Carson has been awarded the $65,000 Griffin Prize for Poetry for Red Doc>, a follow-up to her acclaimed poetry bestseller Autobiography of Red, making her the first two-time winner of the prestigious and lucrative ... Read More »

June 6, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Fall preview 2011: Canadian fiction

By Steven W. Beattie

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the fall season's biggest books. NOVELS One of the most anticipated releases of the fall season is surely the new novel from internationally acclaimed author Michael Ondaatje, ... Read More »

August 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Daily book biz round-up: Lionel Shriver lets it rip; 25 iconic book covers; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Lots to peruse today: The New York Observer posts an excellent article about outgoing S&S publisher David Rosenthal Lionel Shriver slams Orange Prize organizers, Bret Easton Ellis, and publishing in general Apparently, teenagers like Anne ... Read More »

June 9, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Faber & Faber to open Toronto writing school this fall

By Stuart Woods

According to a report by The Globe and Mail's London-based columnist Leah McLaren, the independent British publishing house Faber & Faber is planning to launch a writing school in Toronto this fall. Set to open ... Read More »

February 17, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Echlin, Michaels among Giller picks

By Scott MacDonald

The Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist was announced this morning, and it included a mix of "sure bets" and surprise nods. The biggest surprise, however, was the omission of Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood ... Read More »

October 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Authors challenge the idea of a national literature

By Suzanne Gardner

Canadian authors Margaret Atwood and Anne Michaels, along with Britain's Monica Ali and Ireland's Joseph O'Neill, have contributed their thoughts on the idea of a national literature to The Atlantic's Fiction 2009 special issue, created ... Read More »

July 21, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Ondaatje plaque unveiled

By Steven W. Beattie

Quillblog is a bit late with this one, but would be remiss not to acknowledge the unveiling last Thursday of a plaque commemorating Michael Ondaatje's iconic Toronto novel In the Skin of a Lion. The ... Read More »

April 27, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Coveting thy neighbour’s sales

By Jacob Sheen

According to Ben Kaplan of the National Post, the Canadian publishing industry is crazed with envy, obsessively checking up on their rivals' deals and sales numbers: Resentment among authors has been around since the first ... Read More »

April 8, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Deals

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