Search Results by tag: CBC Radio

Shelagh Rogers’ multimedia Northwords project brings city-dwelling authors out of their comfort zone

Led by CBC Radio's Shelagh Rogers, five urban Canadian authors spent a week writing and observing life in Northern Labrador. Northwords, a documentary that captures their experiences, is screening at IFOA, Oct. 20 at 2 ... Read More »

October 19, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Alternative markets: why publishers are turning to zine fairs to woo new readers

By Jason Spencer

Canzine, the country's largest festival dedicated to zines and independent culture, happens this Sunday in Toronto (the Vancouver edition is scheduled for Nov. 17). Following the success of last year's event, writer Jason Spencer spoke ... Read More »

October 19, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Q&A: Novelist and broadcaster Christy Ann Conlin on fear, writing, and radio

By Natalie Samson

Christy Ann Conlin, the Halifax-based author of three spooky novels (Heave, Dead Time, and Listening for the Island, forthcoming from Doubleday), is pulling double duty this summer as the host of CBC Radio's Fear Itself. ... Read More »

July 26, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Book links roundup: TTC launches book club, activists concerned about London Book Fair’s China focus, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Toronto Public Library launches TTC book club London Book Fair's focus on China worrying to free speech activists PBS Newshour interviews attorney Steve Berman, lead counsel in the Apple ebook antitrust lawsuit Heather Reisman speaks to CBC ... Read More »

April 16, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

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

Lorna Crozier talks poverty in Canada on CBC

By Natalie Samson

Last Friday, poet and University of Victoria professor Lorna Crozier hosted a special edition of CBC Radio's The Current. "I know what it's like to come from a needy family. Though both my parents worked, ... Read More »

December 7, 2011 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Bibliomania and the not-so-light side of book hoarding

By Natalie Samson

Last week, the National Post's Mark Medley wrote a piece about his ever-expanding book collection and the difficulty he has lightening his load by even a single volume. "I am a book hoarder," he says. ... Read More »

March 31, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Pullman pulled in Peterborough

By Nathan Whitlock

Philip Pullman keeps running afoul of Ontario school boards. In what is looking like the most effective publicity campaign ignorance can buy, Pullman's The Golden Compass has been pulled from the shelves of school libraries ... Read More »

November 26, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news, Libraries

CBC Radio buys a vowel

By Leigh Anne Williams

Fans of Q&Q's Finer Points column may want to check out a new CBC Radio summer program, And Sometimes Y. The half-hour show, which premiered last night and runs over the next two months, is ... Read More »

June 27, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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Search Results by tag: CBC Radio

Shelagh Rogers’ multimedia Northwords project brings city-dwelling authors out of their comfort zone

Alternative markets: why publishers are turning to zine fairs to woo new readers

Q&A: Novelist and broadcaster Christy Ann Conlin on fear, writing, and radio

Book links roundup: TTC launches book club, activists concerned about London Book Fair’s China focus, and more

Spring preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction

Lorna Crozier talks poverty in Canada on CBC

Bibliomania and the not-so-light side of book hoarding

Pullman pulled in Peterborough

CBC Radio buys a vowel

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