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Terry Fallis’s The Best Laid Plans wins Canada Reads

Terry Fallis's The Best Laid Plans won the 10th edition of CBC Radio's Canada Reads competition this morning. Defended by broadcast journalist Ali Velshi, Fallis' novel beat out Ami McKay's novel The Birth House in ... Read More »

February 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

A new twist on the Canada Reads spin-off trend

By Laura Godfrey

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the CBC must be feeling pretty good right now. Just in case you can't get enough of the various spin-offs of the CBC's Canada Reads competition “ ... Read More »

February 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

National Post reveals finalists for Canada Also Reads competition

By Laura Godfrey

The eight books and panelists for the National Post's Canada Also Reads book competition “ created to put a spotlight on lesser-known books ignored by CBC's Canada Reads “ were announced today. Two Q&Q staffers, ... Read More »

February 9, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Paul Quarrington, 1953“2010

By Stuart Woods

Paul Quarrington has died. According to a post on his website [Note: This link is no longer active], the author and musician died at his home in Toronto early this morning: Paul Quarrington's brave battle ... Read More »

January 21, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

New Yorker cans short fiction issue

By Steven W. Beattie

On December 4, Douglas Hunter published an opinion piece in The Globe and Mail suggesting that the annual CBC literary smackdown known as Canada Reads is biased against non-fiction: I think it's super that Canadian ... Read More »

December 14, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

Canada Reads 2009 kicks off today

By Steven W. Beattie

CBC Radio's annual battle of the books, Canada Reads, kicks off today with five celebrity panelists each defending one Canadian novel they think that Canada should read. Each day this week, one novel gets knocked ... Read More »

March 2, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

The unstoppable Book of Negroes

By Scott MacDonald

At this point, you gotta wonder: has anyone in Canada not read Lawrence Hill's The Book of Negroes? Released by HarperCollins Canada more than two years ago, the book has grown from a solid word-of-mouth ... Read More »

February 13, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

Anosh Irani in the NYT

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

An op-ed piece by Canadian novelist and playwright Anosh Irani appears online in The New York Times today. Irani, who was born in Mumbai, writes about the seige of the Taj Mahal Palace hotel during ... Read More »

December 2, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Opinion

Canada Reads kicks off

By Nathan Whitlock

This year's edition of Canada Reads kicks off today with new host Jian Ghomeshi. By the end of the day, one of the five books in contention will be voted off the list “ will ... Read More »

February 25, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

An academic scolding for Canada Reads

By Leigh Anne Williams

With the CBC's fourth annual Canada Reads program set to kick off on Feb. 21, a recent editorial on the Canada Reads phenomenon in the scholarly journal Canadian Literature is well timed. And writer Laura ... Read More »

January 31, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

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