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Remembering P.D. James, grande dame of British detective fiction, dead at 94

I saw the great British detective novelist P.D. James, who died today in Oxford at the age of 94, in person only once, at the University of Toronto's Convocation Hall. This was decades ago – ... Read More »

November 27, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Author, activist Maya Angelou dies at 86

By Steven W. Beattie

Beloved American poet, activist, and educator Maya Angelou has died at age 86, after a recent undisclosed illness. The CBC reports that Angelou was scheduled to attend last Friday's luncheon for the 2014 Major League ... Read More »

May 28, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Beloved Canadian author Farley Mowat dead at 92

By Steven W. Beattie

Farley Mowat – nature lover, gadfly, and author of the Canadian classics Never Cry Wolf and Lost in the Barrens – has died at the age of 92. The iconic Canadian author of novels, memoirs, non-fiction books, and ... Read More »

May 7, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Best-selling thriller writer Tom Clancy dead at 66

By Steven W. Beattie

Although details are scarce, various sources are reporting that Tom Clancy, best-selling author of books such as The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, and The Sum of All Fears has died. According to the ... Read More »

October 2, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Irish poet Seamus Heaney dies

By Steven W. Beattie

Noble laureate Seamus Heaney, widely considered to be one of the foremost poets of his era, died today at the age of 74. From the BBC: "The poet and Nobel laureate died in hospital in ... Read More »

August 30, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

A.S.A. Harrison dead at 65: Updated

By Steven W. Beattie

Q&Q was saddened to learn that Canadian author A.S.A. Harrison died on Sunday at the age of 65. Harrison was the author of the non-fiction book Orgasms, published in 1974 by Coach House Press. And ... Read More »

April 16, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Poet, editor Kildare Dobbs dead at age 89

By Steven W. Beattie

The National Post is reporting that Kildare Dobbs, a fixture on the CanLit scene since the 1950s, died today in Toronto. Born in India and educated in Ireland, Dobbs came to Canada in 1952, and ... Read More »

April 1, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news

Author, playwright, essayist Gore Vidal dies at 86

By Steven W. Beattie

"Every four years the naive half who vote are encouraged to believe that if we can elect a really nice man or woman President everything will be all right. But it won't be." It would ... Read More »

August 1, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Adrienne Rich: 1929-2012

By Steven W. Beattie

One week after the death of Canadian poet Jay Macpherson, the Los Angeles Times is reporting the death of yet another important and influential poet. Adrienne Rich, the American writer, feminist, and essayist, is dead ... Read More »

March 28, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Jay Macpherson: 1931-2012

By Steven W. Beattie

One of Canada's finest “ and arguably most underappreciated “ poets has died. Jay Macpherson, a professor at the University of Toronto who won the Governor General's Literary Award for her 1957 collection, The Boatman, ... Read More »

March 26, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

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