Search Results by tag: Douglas Coupland

Douglas Coupland to receive B.C.’s Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence

Douglas Coupland has been named recipient of B.C.'s Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence. The Vancouver artist, author, and designer was selected for the annual honour by a jury comprising CBC Radio host Sheryl MacKay, author ... Read More »

April 4, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Photos: Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada presented its $60,000 Hilary Weston Prize for Non-fiction to Toronto author Rosemary Sullivan for Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva (HarperCollins Canada) at the Art Gallery of ... Read More »

October 13, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Douglas Coupland, Rosemary Sullivan among Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction finalists

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced the finalists for this year's Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Non-fiction. The award, which offers the largest purse for a Canadian non-fiction title, "celebrates literary excellence" in ... Read More »

September 16, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Douglas Coupland on the future, 3D printing, and the irrelevancy of human beings

By Steven W. Beattie

We’re about 20 minutes into our chat when Douglas Coupland calls me stupid. Well, alright, not me personally, but the type of individual who might harbour an attitude I’d just tentatively expressed. The subject we’re ... Read More »

October 10, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Toronto Public Library opens 99th branch, Piketty responds to critics, and more

By Steven W. Beattie

Major new art exhibit (including giant Lego towers) by Douglas Coupland debuts tomorrow at the Vancouver Art Gallery TPL's new 99th branch, at Fort York, proves Ford brothers wrong on libraries, says Marcus Gee of ... Read More »

May 30, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Behind the scenes at UBC’s Douglas Coupland archives

By Natalie Samson

Ever wonder what the archives of a novelist, screenwriter, fashion designer, and multimedia visual artist might look like? Wonder no more: the University of British Columbia Library is offering a rare behind-the-scenes peek at the ... Read More »

July 27, 2012 | Filed under: Libraries

Gary Taxali and Graham Roumieu get graphic

By Sue Carter

Quillblog is living vicariously through the Toronto Life team, which recently got cozy in a Toronto neighbourhood watering hole to eavesdrop on a conversation between author-illustrators Gary Taxali and Graham Roumieu. Taxali just released two ... Read More »

November 17, 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

Finalists announced for B.C. Book Prizes

By Natalie Samson

CanLit heavy-hitters and a few breakthrough newcomers mix it up as finalists for this year's B.C. Book Prizes. The nominees across seven categories include Douglas Coupland, George Bowering, John Vaillant, and Maggie de Vries, as ... Read More »

March 10, 2011 | Filed under: Awards

Douglas Coupland wins monumental commission

By Stuart Woods

Douglas Coupland is having a banner year. Not only did he use the occasion of this year's Massey Lectures to deliver the manuscript of a new novel, he has also designed a clothing line for ... Read More »

September 9, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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