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Cartoonists petition Canada Council for grant eligibility

Yesterday at San Diego's international Comic-Con convention, two generations of Canadian cartoonists, Kate Beaton (Hark! A Vagrant) and Lynn Johnston (For Better or for Worse), shared the stage for a discussion about the craft of ... Read More »

July 13, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

D&Q dominates Doug Wright Award nominations

By Sue Carter

Montreal comics publisher Drawn & Quarterly has secured five out of six nominations for the 2012 Doug Wright Award for Best Book, with veteran D&Q artists Joe Ollman, Chester Brown, and Seth competing against popular ... Read More »

March 27, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian fiction

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Esi Edugyan's Scotiabank Giller Prize“winning novel, Half-Blood Blues, remains on top of this week's Canadian fiction bestsellers' list. For the two weeks ending Jan. 22: 1. Half-Blood Blues, Esi Edugyan (Thomas Allen Publishers, $24.95 pa, 9780887627415) 2. ... Read More »

January 30, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers

Book links round-up: reviewing The Hobbit trailer, Atwood is a 2011 hero, and more

By Sue Carter

The Telegraph reviews trailer for The Hobbit Torontoist names Margaret Atwood one of 2011's heroes Jonathan Ames contemplates writing book or comic to continue his cancelled HBO comedy, Bored to Death Publishers lament the titles ... Read More »

December 22, 2011 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Drawn to history: Kate Beaton launches Hark! A Vagrant at IFOA this weekend

By Sue Carter

Kate Beaton fans take note: the popular cartoonist is making two appearances at Toronto's International Festival of Authors this weekend, promoting her best-selling comics collection, Hark! A Vagrant. Come prepared for the book signing by ... Read More »

October 27, 2011 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Kate Beaton wins Harvey Award

By Sue Carter

Canadian cartoonist Kate Beaton has won her first Harvey Award for her entertaining history webcomic Hark! A Vagrant. Beaton took home the prize for Best Online Comics Work, a category in which she was nominated ... Read More »

August 23, 2011 | Filed under: Awards

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Search Results by tag: Hark! A Vagrant

Cartoonists petition Canada Council for grant eligibility

D&Q dominates Doug Wright Award nominations

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian fiction

Book links round-up: reviewing The Hobbit trailer, Atwood is a 2011 hero, and more

Drawn to history: Kate Beaton launches Hark! A Vagrant at IFOA this weekend

Kate Beaton wins Harvey Award

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