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Johanna Skibsrud, Alissa York among 2017 Canadian Authors Association award winners

Five women have won this year's Canadian Authors Association literary awards, which honours excellent writing with popular appeal. The winners were announced at a gala in Toronto on June 24. Fiction ($1,000) Alissa York, The Naturalist (Random ... Read More »

June 28, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Three Canadian novels among Commonwealth Book Prize nominees

By Sue Carter

Three Canadian novels, all from independent publishers, have been shortlisted for the 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize. Riel Nason's The Town that Drowned (Goose Lane Editions), Olive Senior's Dancing Lessons (Cormorant Books), and Johanna Skibsrud's The ... Read More »

April 24, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Book covers of the year 2011

By Q&Q Staff

When choosing covers of the year, the book designers Q&Q polled considered art, typography, layout, and meaning in their decisions. Allison Baggio's Girl in Shades, Johanna Skibsrud's This Will Be Difficult To Explain and Other ... Read More »

December 2, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Books of the Year

Photos: IFOA pep rally

By Sue Carter

It's not often that you see a Scotiabank Giller Prize winner brandishing pom poms, but that's exactly what happened at this morning's pep rally for the 32nd annual International Festival of Authors, which kicks off ... Read More »

October 18, 2011 | Filed under: Events

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

2011 ReLit longlist revealed

By Sue Carter

The very long list of nominees for the 2011 ReLit Awards, which celebrates novels, poetry, and short fiction titles published by Canadian independent presses, has been announced. ECW Press leads this year's longlist with nine ... Read More »

August 8, 2011 | Filed under: Awards

Giller Prize winner Johanna Skibsrud signs two-book deal with Penguin Canada

By Sue Carter

Hamish Hamilton Canada, the literary imprint of Penguin Canada, has announced it has acquired the next two books from Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Johanna Skibsrud. The untitled collection of stories and novel were acquired by ... Read More »

April 20, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Gaspereau sells The Sentimentalists to D&M for shipping on Nov. 19

By Scott MacDonald

Early this morning, the Vancouver-based D&M Publishers announced that it had struck a deal with Nova Scotia's Gaspereau Press for trade paperback rights to Johanna Skibsrud's Scotiabank Giller Prize“winning The Sentimentalists. From the press release: ... Read More »

November 15, 2010

Johanna Skibsrud marks several firsts with Giller win

By Scott MacDonald

Johanna Skibsrud, the 30-year-old author of The Sentimentalists, became the youngest winner of the $50,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize on Tuesday night, and publisher Gaspereau Press became the first small press to win the award in ... Read More »

November 10, 2010 | Filed under: Awards, Industry news

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Search Results by tag: Johanna Skibsrud

Johanna Skibsrud, Alissa York among 2017 Canadian Authors Association award winners

Three Canadian novels among Commonwealth Book Prize nominees

Book covers of the year 2011

Photos: IFOA pep rally

Fall preview 2011: Canadian fiction

2011 ReLit longlist revealed

Giller Prize winner Johanna Skibsrud signs two-book deal with Penguin Canada

Gaspereau sells The Sentimentalists to D&M for shipping on Nov. 19

Johanna Skibsrud marks several firsts with Giller win

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