Search Results by tag: Evolution

Harry Karlinsky’s Darwin novel longlisted for Wellcome Trust Book Prize

Vancouver psychiatrist Harry Karlinsky's debut novel, The Evolution of Inanimate Objects, has been nominated for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize longlist. The annual £25,000 prize is awarded to any book published in the U.K. that ... Read More »

September 4, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Fall preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction, part II

By Steven W. Beattie

The season of high-profile literary awards and author festivals is on its way, and there's no shortage of new releases from marquee names. In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at some of the fall's ... Read More »

August 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, dies at age 83

By Katie Gowrie

Where the Wild Things Are, 1963 He is known for upending the traditions of American children's fiction - for taking it out of the safe confines of the home and plunging it into darker, more ... Read More »

May 8, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Book links roundup: Barbara Gowdy named Guggenheim fellow, Nigella Lawson’s online literary controversy, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Barbara Gowdy awarded 2012 John Simon Guggenheim fellowship for fiction Nigella Lawson offloads her friend Sophia Waugh's book on eBay The Guardian ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Tamara Faith Berger’s provocative prose, Marvel Comics launches new imprint, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Tamara Faith Berger's new novel explores pornography, virginity, and literature Marvel Comics goes digital with new imprint ReEvolution What makes Times New Roman so popular among writers? The Guardian on the pleasure of rereading your favourite books Listen ... Read More »

April 11, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Alice Munro leads literary programming at this year’s Luminato

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Luminato, one of Toronto's biggest annual cultural festivals, has announced a rare appearance by Alice Munro, who will be interviewed onstage June 10 by Deborah Treisman, fiction editor for The New Yorker. Running from June ... Read More »

March 14, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Esi Edugyan, JJ Lee, Charlotte Gill nominated for B.C. Book Prizes

By Sue Carter

The West Coast Book Prize Society has announced the shortlists for the 28th annual B.C. Book Prizes, and for Esi Edugyan, the competition cuts close to home. Edugyan, whose novel Half-Blood Blues won the 2011 ... Read More »

March 8, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Carmen Aguirre wins CBC Canada Reads

By Natalie Samson

Carmen Aguirre came out victorious at this year's CBC Canada Reads. The B.C.-based author and playwright's memoir, Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter (Douglas & McIntyre), about growing up in the underground among South ... Read More »

February 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events

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

Daily book biz round-up, March 15

By Scott MacDonald

What you missed over the weekend: Yet more op-ed pieces about Amazon setting up shop in Canada. Michael Geist argues for. Morley Walker argues against. (Oh, and some writer from the Calgary Herald rips the ... Read More »

March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

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