Search Results by tag: Linden MacIntyre

2015 Atlantic Book Awards winners revealed

The winners of the 2015 Atlantic Book Awards were announced at the Atlantic Book Festival on May 14. At the ceremony, the Atlantic Books Pioneer Award was presented to 35-year publishing veteran Paul Robinson, who helped ... Read More »

May 19, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Linden MacIntyre announces retirement from CBC

By Emily Holmes

Longtime CBC journalist Linden MacIntyre will retire from his role as host of the fifth estate, effective at the end of the summer. In early April, the CBC announced its decision to cut at least ... Read More »

May 8, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Truth be told: Canadian writers discuss David Rakoff’s influence

By Kelli Korducki

When David Rakoff died of cancer last August at the age of 47, he left behind a legacy as one of the most gifted and influential essayists of his time “ and a newly finished ... Read More »

July 15, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian fiction (6)

By Katie Gowrie

Tanis Rideout makes her debut on this week's list with her first novel, Above All Things. For the two weeks ending June 24, 2012: 1. The Cat's Table, Michael Ondaatje (Vintage Canada, $22 pa, 9780307401427) ... Read More »

July 3, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers

Alice Munro leads literary programming at this year’s Luminato

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Luminato, one of Toronto's biggest annual cultural festivals, has announced a rare appearance by Alice Munro, who will be interviewed onstage June 10 by Deborah Treisman, fiction editor for The New Yorker. Running from June ... Read More »

March 14, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Spring preview 2012: Canadian fiction, poetry, and graphica

By Steven W. Beattie

In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the spring season's new books. NOVELS Vincent Lam won the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his debut, the short-story collection Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures. His follow-up is ... Read More »

January 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Random House Canada acquires new Linden MacIntyre novel

By Sue Carter

Random House Canada has acquired a new novel by Scotiabank Giller Prize“winner Linden MacIntyre. Why Men Lie is the third book in MacIntyre's Cape Breton trilogy, following the lives of the Gillis clan. Its main ... Read More »

March 11, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

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