You can tell by the way Darwyn Cooke raves about the design elements of an old Toronto coffee shop that he spent his early creative career as a magazine art director. The Lite Bite Coffee ... Read More »
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On a recent trip to Newfoundland, Jamaican-Canadian writer Pamela Mordecai recorded 25 years worth of her poetry in a pilot project created by Memorial University English professor Stephanie McKenzie. The project took five days to ... Read More »
April 27, 2015 | Filed under: Authors
The Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards shortlist has been announced. During even years the awards honour fiction and children's/young adult fiction; during odd years, poetry and non-fiction. Only residents of Newfoundland and Labrador are eligible ... Read More »
April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Awards
Massachusetts, 2006. A four-year-old girl died from an overdose of drugs used to treat ADHD and bipolar disorder. Her parents were convicted of her murder. Sue Goyette's new poetry collection, The Brief Reincarnation of a Girl (Gaspereau ... Read More »
April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Authors
The adaptation of Lesley Crewe’s first novel, Relative Happiness (Nimbus Publishing), about a plus-sized 30-year-old woman looking for love in Cape Breton, is hitting the big screen at Toronto's Carlton Cinema on Friday. Crewe hopes that ... Read More »
April 8, 2015 | Filed under: Authors
Each month, Q&Q visits dingy watering holes, upscale cafés, and other haunts in search of the country’s most beloved book-launch venues Q&Q’s spotlight on local launch spots kicks off with the Company House, a popular ... Read More »
March 19, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Events
The National Reading Campaign has announced that the second annual Reading Town Canada will be held in Charlottetown, P.E.I., in partnership with the P.E.I. Literary Alliance and the Confederation Centre Public Library, and in Calgary, ... Read More »
March 17, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Children's publishing, Events, Industry news