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Memoirist Sushmita Banerjee killed in Afghanistan

Indian author Sushmita Banerjee was killed by Taliban militants outside of her home in Afghanistan on Thursday. She was 49 years old. Sushmita Banerjee was known for her 1995 best-selling memoir, A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife, ... Read More »

September 6, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

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

Book links roundup: Mad Men’s literary leanings, Pottermore opens its ebook shop, and more

By Sue Carter

Is Mad Men the most literary show on TV? The Globe and Mail's John Doyle thinks it replaces the novel in terms of cultural significance Harry Potter ebooks now available in Canada for the Sony ... Read More »

March 27, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

15 TIFF films for the literary-minded

By Sue Carter

You're not going to get close to Brad Pitt, in town this weekend for the premiere of Moneyball, the adaptation of Michael Lewis's baseball book of the same name, but if you're attending the Toronto ... Read More »

September 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Fall preview 2011: Canadian fiction

By Steven W. Beattie

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the fall season's biggest books. NOVELS One of the most anticipated releases of the fall season is surely the new novel from internationally acclaimed author Michael Ondaatje, ... Read More »

August 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Doug Saunders, Tom Flanagan on Donner Prize shortlist

By Sue Carter

The shortlist for the 2010“2011 Donner Prize, which awards excellence in Canadian public policy writing, has been announced. Selected from 69 submissions, the five finalists are: Pamela Blais, Perverse Cities: Hidden Subsidies, Wonky Policy, and ... Read More »

March 29, 2011 | Filed under: Awards

Canadian cookbooks mix it up at the Gourmand Awards

By Sue Carter

From March 3-6, booksellers, publishers, chefs, and other foodie types descended on the City of Lights for the annual Paris Cookbook Fair, the largest event of its kind in the world. The culinary weekend kicked ... Read More »

March 7, 2011 | Filed under: Awards

Jaipur hosts South Asia’s biggest literary festival

By Natalie Samson

Today marks the last day of the Jaipur Literature Festival, South Asia's largest celebration of the written word. Co-founded six years ago by Scottish writer and historian William Dalrymple and Indian author and publisher Namita ... Read More »

January 25, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Anosh Irani novel longlisted for Man Asian prize

By Steven W. Beattie

Montreal resident Miguel Syjuco shot to literary prominence in 2009, when his then-unpublished manuscript, Ilustrado, won the Man Asian Literary Prize. This year's longlist has been announced, and another Canadian resident “ Anosh Irani “ ... Read More »

December 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Vonnegut, Jr. memorial library opens in Indianapolis

By Steven W. Beattie

When Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. died in 2007, American literature lost one of its most idiosyncratic and beloved voices. That voice is now being honoured with a new library in the author's hometown of Indianapolis. The ... Read More »

November 22, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

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