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WordFest celebrates 100 years of the Calgary Stampede with Wild West programming

Calgary's WordFest has teamed up with the Calgary Stampede to celebrate 100 years of the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth. WildWest Wordfest is a special summer mini-fest in tribute to Western Canada's cowboy culture in ... Read More »

June 18, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Slideshow: Dundurn’s 40th anniversary party

By Stuart Woods

On May 24, Dundurn Press celebrated its 40th anniversary with a well-attended party at the Arts & Letters Club of Toronto. Founded as a niche publisher of Canadian history, Dundurn is now one of Canada's ... Read More »

May 31, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Azrieli Foundation to launch film series companion to Holocaust memoirs

By Natalie Samson

The Azrieli Foundation, a Canadian philanthropic organization has produced a number of film shorts to complement its series of memoirs by Holocaust survivors. The Azrieli Series Short Films will premiere at Toronto's Beth Tzedec Congregation ... Read More »

May 10, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Book links roundup: Orwell Prize shortlist, Truman Capote’s typewriter sells at auction, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Orwell Prize revealed shortlist for political writing Truman Capote's typewriter sells for $8,281 Three expat memoirs inspired ... Read More »

April 25, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Wilfrid Laurier, Toronto, McGill-Queen’s university presses recognized at Canada Awards

By Natalie Samson

Authors published with Wilfrid Laurier University Press, University of Toronto Press, and McGill-Queen's University Press are among the recipients of the 2012 Canada Awards. The Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences presented the ... Read More »

April 4, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

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

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

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

By Sue Carter

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories include a history of LGBT publisher Pink Triangle Press and a new biography of former ... Read More »

November 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Lesley Livingston makes up worlds and words at the Toronto SpecFic Colloquium

By Sue Carter

The Toronto SpecFic Colloquium, a day-long event of "lectures which consider the importance of the stories that define humanity in the present age from the aliens hiding among us to the gates of hell ripping ... Read More »

October 13, 2011 | Filed under: Authors, Events

Ling Zhang responds to accusations of plagiarism

By Natalie Samson

This week, the controversy dogging Chinese-Canadian author Ling Zhang's second novel, Gold Mountain Blues, flared up again as prominent Chinese-Canadian authors Wayson Choy, Sky Lee, and Paul Yee signed a letter asking Penguin Canada to ... Read More »

October 7, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events, Industry news

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