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Writer Nancy Richler remembered as a “generous person and a tremendously gifted novelist”

When Nancy Richler's agent, Dean Cooke, telephoned to inform her that her third novel, The Imposter Bride, had been shortlisted for the 2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize, the author was washing her floor. She "acknowledged the ... Read More »

January 25, 2018 | Filed under: Authors

Richard B. Wright, author of Clara Callan, dies at 79

By Steven W. Beattie

Richard B. Wright, whose 2001 novel Clara Callan is a bona fide CanLit classic, has died at the age of 79. Wright, who lived in the Ontario city of St. Catharines, died unexpectedly from a ... Read More »

February 8, 2017 | Filed under: Authors

Umberto Eco straddled the line between philosopher and entertainer

By Steven W. Beattie

Italian author Umberto Eco, who died Feb. 19 at the age of 84, was that rarest of creatures: a best-selling semiotician. Granted, it was his fiction, not his academic work, that brought him the greatest ... Read More »

February 22, 2016 | Filed under: Authors

Legendary American author Harper Lee dies at 89

By Steven W. Beattie

For more than 50 years, Pulitzer Prize winner Harper Lee insisted that she would be completely satisfied if she were to live her entire life with one single title, the classic 1960 novel To Kill ... Read More »

February 19, 2016 | Filed under: Authors

Remembering George Jonas, 1935–2016

By Marc Côté

George Jonas was a 21-year-old journalist in 1956, when he left Budapest after the brutal Soviet suppression of the uprising in Hungary. He arrived in Toronto and worked at a number of short-term jobs, including ... Read More »

January 13, 2016 | Filed under: Authors

Remembering Judith Fitzgerald, 1952–2015

By Karl Jirgens

The Canadian poet and critic Judith Fitzgerald died peacefully on Nov. 25, just weeks after turning 63. Her achievements were many, including more than 20 collections of poetry, four edited anthologies – including the influential ... Read More »

December 10, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Remembering Eric Wright: Peter Robinson recalls his friendship with the late Canadian mystery novelist

By Peter Robinson

When I joined Crime Writers of Canada about 30 years ago, Eric Wright, who died this past Oct. 9, was one of the first people to welcome me, along with Tony Aspler, Howard Engel, and ... Read More »

October 26, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Best-selling fantasy author Terry Pratchett succumbs to Alzheimer’s disease at 66

By Steven W. Beattie

In a lecture delivered in February 2010, a little more than two years after Terry Pratchett announced he had been diagnosed with posterior cortical atrophy, a rare form of Alzheimer's disease, the fantasy author described ... Read More »

March 12, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Poet Elise Partridge succumbs to cancer at age 56

By Steven W. Beattie

Quillblog was saddened to learn of the death of poet Elise Partridge, who had suffered from cancer. Damian Rogers, poetry editor for House of Anansi Press, confirms that Partridge died on Saturday. She was 56 ... Read More »

February 2, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Thorn Birds author Colleen McCullough dies at 77

By Steven W. Beattie

Colleen McCullough, the Australian author best known for the international bestseller The Thorn Birds has died, after what reports are referring to as "a long illness." She was 77. Born in New South Wales and ... Read More »

January 29, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

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Search Results by tag: obituaries

Writer Nancy Richler remembered as a “generous person and a tremendously gifted novelist”

Richard B. Wright, author of Clara Callan, dies at 79

Umberto Eco straddled the line between philosopher and entertainer

Legendary American author Harper Lee dies at 89

Remembering George Jonas, 1935–2016

Remembering Judith Fitzgerald, 1952–2015

Remembering Eric Wright: Peter Robinson recalls his friendship with the late Canadian mystery novelist

Best-selling fantasy author Terry Pratchett succumbs to Alzheimer’s disease at 66

Poet Elise Partridge succumbs to cancer at age 56

Thorn Birds author Colleen McCullough dies at 77

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