Although Margaret Atwood didn't attend Thursday night's marathon Toronto city council executive meeting to address the city's budget deliberations, she was there in spirit and in swag (scroll down the Torontoist's impressive live blog to ... Read More »
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The annual Forest of Reading event took place at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre on May 12 and 13. Above, some of the authors nominated for the various awards prepare to read to the audience, while showing ... Read More »
May 19, 2010 | Filed under: Events
The Huffington Post has taught Quillblog a new word. "Metrophobia" is not an aversion to riding the Paris subway or to well-coiffed men; it refers to a fear of poetry. And apparently, this affliction is ... Read More »
January 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
The book world is just starting to shake itself awake after the holidays, so here are a couple of photos from events that happened before the break. Avast! Canada's Dada bard has a Santa hat: ... Read More »
The 2009 ReLit Award winners have been announced. From the press release: Short fiction: Lisa Foad, The Night Is a Mouth (Exile Editions) Poetry: Maurice Mierau, Fear Not (Turnstone Press) Novel: Michael Blouin, Chase & ... Read More »
September 21, 2009 | Filed under: Awards
Coach House Books held its annual Wayzgoose get-together on Sep. 3, and the turnout was excellent, as you can see from the pics below (provided by photographer Gary Mo). This year's celebration was extra merry, ... Read More »
September 9, 2009 | Filed under: Events
As part of yesterday's Canada Day festivities, Governor General Michaëlle Jean has announced 60 new appointments to the Order of Canada. Among this year's new members are BC-based novelist and short story writer Jack Hodgins ... Read More »
July 2, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
Last week, Hal Niedzviecki wrote an article in The Globe and Mail commemorating the 10th anniversary of the small, Montreal-based publishing company Conundrum Press. Hitting some commercial success lately with books like Chandra Mayor's novel-in-vignettes ... Read More »
November 28, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news
Toronto's free weekly Now has some more back and forth on the Coach House Books situation, this time in the form of a piece by Jeremy Murray, a resident of Campus Co-operative Residences. (Some background: ... Read More »
October 4, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news