Winnipeg-born author Casey Plett was never a huge sci-fi fan, though she meant to go back and reread all the old Star Wars books after New York publisher Topside Press asked her to co-edit an ... Read More »
August 24, 2017
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It’s one of spring’s first patio-worthy evenings in Toronto and Michael Erickson is basking in the mild weather on Glad Day Bookshop’s back porch. “Tell everyone!” he says of the hidden gem of a patio ... Read More »
June 19, 2017
Four Canadian authors have won 2017 Lambda Literary Awards, of the 13 nominated this year. The U.S.-based awards recognize the prior year's best English-language titles by LGBT authors in 24 categories. They were distributed at a ... Read More »
June 13, 2017 | Filed under: Awards
Kai Cheng Thom, the Toronto writer, performance artist, psychotherapist, and Everyday Feminism feature writer, has been named winner of this year's Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers, administered by the Writers' Trust of Canada. Awarded on June ... Read More »
June 5, 2017 | Filed under: Awards
Trinidad-raised, Ontario-based author and visual artist Shani Mootoo has been awarded Lambda Literary's Dr. James Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize. The award recognizes two LGBTQ–identified writers who have released multiple books and "show promise to continue publishing high quality work for ... Read More »
May 24, 2017 | Filed under: Awards
Canadian authors Ivan E. Coyote and Robin Stevenson have been recognized with 2017 American Library Association Stonewall Awards, administered annually for exceptional English-language books with LGBT characters or themes. Coyote's Tomboy Survival Guide, published by ... Read More »
January 25, 2017 | Filed under: Awards
The Glad Day Bookshop – Toronto’s renowned indie bookseller specializing in gay, lesbian, trans, and queer titles – is launching what it hopes will become an annual LGBTQ literary festival. The inaugural Naked Heart “festival of ... Read More »
October 15, 2015
In an era when so many books and articles argue about whether women can and should “have it all,” it’s refreshing to read two witty debut novels about women who don’t stand in for some ... Read More »
June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
Now five books in, Toronto writer Ian Hamilton’s thriller series featuring Hong Kong–born, Toronto-based accountant Ava Lee has carved out a devoted following. Part of its appeal is due to a twice-yearly release schedule, which ... Read More »
February 19, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
Canadians have the chance to meet and see some of their favourite writers, artists, and poets up close and personal at this weekend's readings and festivals, featured on Q&Q's events calendar. The August Sonata on ... Read More »
August 23, 2012 | Filed under: Events
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 »
It's fair to say that Harlequin, the world's leading romance publisher, has also been at the forefront of digital publishing, at least among mainstream publishers with a substantial print legacy. The Toronto-based company (it's owned ... Read More »
July 19, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
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 »
July 4, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
Speed dating has been given a bookish twist, thanks to the Toronto Public Library's debut LGBTQ Literary Speed Dating night, which takes place July 4, 6:30 p.m. at the TPL's Bloor/Gladstone branch. Organized by librarian ... Read More »
Carol Burnett to publish memoir about her daughter The Guardian seeks 10th title for First Book Award Which popular trilogy sold 10 million copies in six weeks? Marvel Comics plans wedding issue for gay superhero ... Read More »
May 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book links
Arthur Pender and his college friends have few prospects and many reasons to turn to crime after the U.S. economic collapse. Embarking on what they call “the Pender Program,” the group launches into a series ... Read More »
May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
The rise of transgender children's literature The National Post explores legendary gay writers who changed America Is reading on a Kindle sacrilege? Author Lawrence Hill and musical group Nathaniel Dett Chorale combine The Book of ... Read More »
February 16, 2012 | Filed under: Book links
Two of Toronto's longstanding independent bookstores will face major changes in 2012. This morning, Sue Houghting, owner of The Book Mark in the city's Kingsway neighbourhood, announced she will close shop after 46 years in ... Read More »
January 3, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling
British Columbian ecologist Don Gayton's Okanagan Odyssey: Journeys Through Terrain, Terroir and Culture (Rocky Mountain Books) has won the 2011 Peace Corps Travel Book Award. The prize is presented annually to an author with Peace ... Read More »
September 15, 2011 | Filed under: Awards
A post on Publishers Weekly about an anonymous agent who suggested to YA novelists Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith that they should either make a gay character straight or delete him from the novel ... Read More »
September 13, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
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 »
[This story has been updated.] The Toronto Star, Canada’s largest-circulation daily, is planning major changes to its entertainment desk that will see publishing reporter Vit Wagner and reviews editor Dan Smith moved off the books-toronto-star--makes-big-changes-to-books-coverage/> ... Read More »
Four Canadian authors took home awards last night at the 23rd Lambda Literary Awards in New York City. "The Lammies" celebrate the best in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender writing for books published the previous ... Read More »
Much of the debate preceding this year's national Freedom to Read Week (Feb. 20-26) has focused on Alabama publisher NewSouth Books' edited version of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. No doubt this sensitive ... Read More »
February 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events, Libraries
Today's book news: Washington Post book critic liked only two fiction titles this year It had to happen: advertisements in e-books ... Read More »
December 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
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