At the heart of Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada’s Lost Promise and One Girl’s Dream, by Timmins–James Bay Member of Parliament Charlie Angus, is Shannen Koostachin, a young activist from Attawapiskat First Nation who ... Read More »
In 2010, poet Susan Musgrave took over the Copper Beech bed and breakfast on Haida Gwaii. A longtime resident of the B.C. island, Musgrave’s latest book, A Taste of Haida Gwaii: Food Gathering and ... Read More »
Marvelous memoirs ▶ Singer-songwriter, artist, and National Book Award–winning author Patti Smith follows 2010’s Just Kids with a second memoir, M Train (Knopf Canada), which takes a journey through 17 “stations” of the author’s life ... Read More »
Family folklore Canada has few musical dynasties as beloved as the McGarrigle family. Random House Canada’s Mountain City Girls: The McGarrigle Family Album, by Anna and Jane McGarrigle (sisters to Kate, aunts to Rufus and ... Read More »
Two sides of George Bowering One of Canada’s key postmodernists, co-founder of the influential literary journal TISH, Canada’s inaugural Parliamentary Poet Laureate, Governor General’s Literary Award winner, novelist, critic, historian, editor: there is very little ... Read More »
In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at some of the fall season's new books. Click on the slideshow to see some of Q&Q's most-anticipated Canadian fiction, non-fiction, children's books, and international titles. Q&Q's fall ... Read More »
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 »
FALL PREVIEW A first look at the season's most anticipated books Fiction: Susan Swan's long-awaited prequel to The Wives of Bath; Alice Munro's new collection; Matthew Tierney's science-inspired poetry; and more Non-fiction: Neil Young's rock ... Read More »
In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the fall season's biggest books. CRIME FICTION Perennial bestseller Linwood Barclay returns with another spine-tingler, this one about a Connecticut contractor who gets caught up in a ... Read More »
In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the fall season's biggest books. FICTION Kenneth Oppel has become a kidlit star while mostly steering clear of the genre end of YA fiction. His early 1990s ... Read More »