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Book links roundup: Police sketches of literary characters, Bookninja’s send-off, and more

The Atlantic on literary characters' police composite sketches The National Post bids farewell to Bookninja Hot off her CBC Canada Reads win Carmen Aguirre performs her one-woman show based on her memoir Something Fierce Extremely ... Read More »

February 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Carmen Aguirre wins CBC Canada Reads

By Natalie Samson

Carmen Aguirre came out victorious at this year's CBC Canada Reads. The B.C.-based author and playwright's memoir, Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter (Douglas & McIntyre), about growing up in the underground among South ... Read More »

February 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events

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

Quillcast episode three: Charlotte Gill and Eating Dirt

By Sue Carter

Quillcast is a new podcast series from Quill & Quire featuring behind-the-scenes conversations with authors and publishing insiders. In this episode, the second in a two-part series on non-fiction authors, Vancouver writer Charlotte Gill speaks ... Read More »

November 28, 2011 | Filed under: Authors, Books of the Year, Quillcast

$10,000 Alberta prize now open to books published out of province

By Stuart Woods

Organizers of the Alberta Readers' Choice Award, now in its third year, have taken steps to quiet a muted strain of controversy that has attached itself to the prize since its inception. The $10,000 award, ... Read More »

November 9, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Libraries

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

Book links round-up: the Nabokovia butterfly, literary bandits, and more

By Jason Spencer

Patti Smith to collaborate with playwright John Logan on screenplay of her memoir Just Kids Odd things named after writers After five decades, a book of lost Dr. Seuss stories to hit shelves this September Rare book ... Read More »

August 16, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: Bloomsday celebrations, Asterix headaches, and more

By Sue Carter

Celebrate Bloomsday in eight different ways Asterix books contain over 700 traumatic brain injury victims T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land beats out Marvel comics and the Bible as the week's top-grossing iPad app Worldwide launch ... Read More »

June 16, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Writers’ Trust turns spotlight on political books

By Natalie Samson

Spurred by the recent federal election, The Writers' Trust of Canada has partnered with Samara, a non-profit organization that seeks to strengthen citizen engagement in Canada's democratic system, to launch a project called The Best ... Read More »

June 8, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Canadian literary event round-up: June 3-9

By Jason Spencer

Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the coming week: Canadian Women in Afghanistan presents Fawzia Koofi reading from her memoir Letter to My Daughters, John Dutton Theatre, ... Read More »

June 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

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