Search Results by tag: biography

Tragically Hip bio and Candy Palmater memoir are in the works

Two new non-fiction books focusing on Canadian pop-culture stars were announced this week. Toronto's ECW Press has acquired The Never-Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip, a biography of the band and frontman ... Read More »

August 16, 2017 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Allen Lane Canada to distribute Margaret Thatcher biography

By Natalie Sequeira

Penguin Canada has confirmed its Allen Lane imprint will handle Canadian distribution of the authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher. Following the death of the former U.K. prime minister on Monday, Penguin U.K. imprint Allen Lane ... Read More »

April 10, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news

Harry Karlinsky’s Darwin novel longlisted for Wellcome Trust Book Prize

By Sue Carter

Vancouver psychiatrist Harry Karlinsky's debut novel, The Evolution of Inanimate Objects, has been nominated for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize longlist. The annual £25,000 prize is awarded to any book published in the U.K. that ... Read More »

September 4, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Iva Cheung wins Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence

By Katie Gowrie

Iva Cheung has won the 2011 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence for her work on Cow: A Bovine Biography (Greystone Books). Written by Florian Werner, and translated from German by Doris Ecker, the book ... Read More »

June 19, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Richard Gwyn wins $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen prize

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Richard Gwyn's Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times; Volume Two: 1867 - 1891 (Random House Canada), the second volume in the two-part biography of Canada's first Prime Minister, is the recipient of ... Read More »

April 26, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Book links roundup: Guerrilla libraries, Canadian Bookshelf rebrands, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Architecture student John Locke turns New York phone booths into mini guerrilla libraries Amazon.ca lead sponsor for rebranding of Canadian Bookshelf as the 49th Shelf Musician Kanye West listed in acknowledgements of V. S. Naipaul ... Read More »

February 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Spring preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction

By Natalie Samson

In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the spring season's new books. MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY Revolutionary activity in the Middle East and North Africa has created an appetite for stories about life in these ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

By Sue Carter

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories include a history of LGBT publisher Pink Triangle Press and a new biography of former ... Read More »

November 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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

Timothy Leary’s papers find a home at the New York Public Library